On the ramification of branched coverings of \(\mathbb{P}^n\)

DOI10.1007/BF01390313zbMath0422.14010WikidataQ104177070 ScholiaQ104177070MaRDI QIDQ1133583

Robert Lazarsfeld, Terence Gaffney

Publication date: 1980

Published in: Inventiones Mathematicae (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://eudml.org/doc/142728

zbMATH Keywords

branched coveringramificationgeometric degreelocal degreesimply connectedconnectedness theoremnon-singular complex variety

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Homotopy theory and fundamental groups in algebraic geometry (14F35) Coverings in algebraic geometry (14E20) Topological properties in algebraic geometry (14F45)

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