2026-07-072026-07-07http://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/148784In this paper we investigate the relationship between isotopy classes of knots and links in S^3 and the diffeomorphism types of homeomorphic smooth 4-manifolds. As a corollary of this initial investigation, we begin to uncover the surprisingly rich structure of diffeomorphism types of manifolds homeomorphic to the K3 surface.31 pagesDifferential GeometryGeometric Topologytext