Contractible open 3-manifolds which non-trivially cover only non-compact 3-manifolds

DOI10.1016/S0040-9383(98)00004-4zbMATH Open0926.57017arXivmath/9606225MaRDI QIDQ1292672FDOQ1292672

Authors: K. Appert 

Publication date: 22 November 1999

Published in: Topology (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: Suppose $M$ is a closed, connected, orientable, irr 3m such that $G=p{i}_1(M)$ is infinite. One consequence of Thurston's geometrization conjecture is that the universal covering space $widetildeM$ of $M$ must be homeo to $RRR$. This has been verified directly under several different additional assumptions on $G$. (See, for example, cite{2}, cite{3}, cite{6}, cite{19}.)

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/math/9606225

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zbMATH Keywords

3-manifoldcovering spacemapping classWhiteheadexhaustionexcellentcocompact

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Covering spaces and low-dimensional topology (57M10)

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