4--manifolds as covers of the 4--sphere branched over non-singular surfaces

DOI10.2140/gt.2002.6.393zbMath1021.57003arXivmath/0203087OpenAlexW3104528483MaRDI QIDQ1811525

Riccardo Piergallini, Massimiliano Iori

Publication date: 16 June 2003

Published in: Geometry \& Topology (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/math/0203087

zbMATH Keywords

4-manifoldsbranched coveringslocally flat branching surfaces

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