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A positive Dehn twist applied to the cylinder modifies the green curve as shown.

In geometric topology, a branch of mathematics, a Dehn twist is a certain type of self-homeomorphism of a surface (two-dimensional manifold).

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Dehn twist

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In geometric topology, a branch of mathematics, a Dehn twist is a certain type of self-homeomorphism of a surface (two-dimensional manifold). Suppose that...

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Max Dehn

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been named for Dehn. Among them: Dehn's rigidity theorem Dehn invariant Dehn's algorithm Dehn's lemma Dehn plane Dehn surgery Dehn twist Dehn–Sommerville...

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Mapping class group of a surface

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the Dehn twist about c {\displaystyle c} . If c {\displaystyle c} is not null-homotopic this mapping class is nontrivial, and more generally the Dehn twists...

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Torus bundle

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M(f)} has Euclidean geometry. If f {\displaystyle f} is a power of a Dehn twist then M ( f ) {\displaystyle M(f)} has Nil geometry. Finally, if f {\displaystyle...

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Mapping class group

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identity, a Dehn twist on a two-sided curve which does not bound a Möbius strip, the y-homeomorphism of Lickorish, and the product of the twist and the y-homeomorphism...

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Homeomorphism

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redirect targets is an isomorphism between metric spaces Homeomorphism group Dehn twist Homeomorphism (graph theory) – Concept in graph theory (closely related...

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List of geometric topology topics

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Steiner surface Alexander horned sphere Klein bottle Mapping class group Dehn twist Nielsen–Thurston classification Moise's Theorem (see also Hauptvermutung)...

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Geometrization conjecture

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Compact manifolds with this geometry include the mapping torus of a Dehn twist of a 2-torus, or the quotient of the Heisenberg group by the "integral...

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Computational topology

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algorithm which produces a triangulated 3-manifold, given input a word (in Dehn twist generators) for the mapping class group of a surface. The 3-manifold is...

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Natural transformation

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\left({\begin{smallmatrix}1&1\\0&1\end{smallmatrix}}\right)} (geometrically a Dehn twist about one of the generating curves) acts as this matrix on Z 2 {\displaystyle...

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Douady rabbit

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|\gamma |=1.1072538} . A twisted rabbit is the composition of a rabbit polynomial with n {\displaystyle n} powers of Dehn twists about its ears. The corabbit...

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Diffeomorphism

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group generated by Dehn twists; this has been proved by Max Dehn, W. B. R. Lickorish, and Allen Hatcher).[citation needed] Max Dehn and Jakob Nielsen showed...

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Seifert fiber space

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Klein bottle times S1 and other is the surface bundle associated to a Dehn twist of the Klein bottle. They are homeomorphic to the torus bundles {b; (n1...

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Lantern relation

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between certain Dehn twists in the mapping class group of a surface. The most general version of the relation involves seven Dehn twists. The relation was...

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Hyperbolic link

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hyperbolic links. As a consequence of Thurston's hyperbolic Dehn surgery theorem, performing Dehn surgeries on a hyperbolic link enables one to obtain many...

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Planet of the Apes

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Arthur P. Jacobs recruited Paul Dehn to write a new script with a brief telegram: "Apes exist, sequel required." Dehn immediately started work on what...

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Presentation of a group

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aba=bab,(aba)^{4}\rangle } topologically a and b can be visualized as Dehn twists on the torus GL(2, Z) ⟨ a , b , j ∣ a b a = b a b , ( a b a ) 4 , j 2...

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Rips machine

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"Very small group actions on R {\displaystyle \mathbb {R} } -trees and Dehn twist automorphisms", Topology, 34 (3): 575–617, doi:10.1016/0040-9383(94)00038-M...

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Ailsa Keating

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Berwick Prize of the London Mathematical Society, for her research using Dehn twists to study the symmetries of symplectic manifolds. Keating, Ailsa, About...

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Open book decomposition

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2-dimensional 1-handle and modifying the monodromy by adding a positive Dehn twist along a curve that runs over that handle exactly once. Implicit in this...

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Riley slice

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Teichmuller space of a 4-times punctured sphere by a group generated by Dehn twists around a curve, and so is topologically an annulus. Bers slice Keen,...

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