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Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge 2022 iii Paper 112 5 c Solution by
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With zero framings, the surgery linking matrix isIts eigenvalues are on the span of and on the complementary subspace, so . For , its Smith normal form is , and therefore
Handle slides reduce this surgery diagram to the standard surgery diagram of the lens space ; equivalently, the generator of the cokernel has linking pairing . Thusup to the orientation convention for surgery. When , the matrix is and the exceptional answer is , with .
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