Variations on Fintushel-Stern Knot Surgery on 4-manifolds

We discuss some consequences Fintushel-Stern `knot surgery' operation coming from its handlebody description. We give some generalizations of this operation and give a counterexample to their conjecture.

Variations on Fintushel-Stern Knot Surgery on 4-manifolds

We discuss some consequences Fintushel-Stern `knot surgery' operation coming from its handlebody description. We give some generalizations of this operation and give a counterexample to their conjecture.