Property P

Property holds for a knot if no surgery on the knot can yield a counterexample to the Poincaré conjecture (Adams 1994, p. 262).

See also

P-Problem, P Versus NP Problem, Poincaré Conjecture

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References

Adams, C. C. The Knot Book: An Elementary Introduction to the Mathematical Theory of Knots. New York: W. H. Freeman, 1994.

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