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- noun topology The removal of a
solid torus from a 3-dimensional manifold , followed by its beingreplaced via ahomeomorphism of itsboundary . - noun topology, specifically The same, but with the manifold in question being the 3-dimensional
sphere .
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Named after Max Dehn.
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