A Calculus for Branched Spines of 3-manifolds
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چکیده
We establish a calculus for branched spines of 3-manifolds by means of branched Matveev-Piergallini moves and branched bubblemoves. We briefly indicate some of its possible applications in the study and definition of State-Sum Quantum Invariants.
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