Branchfolds and rational conifolds

zbMATH Open1272.57011arXiv0806.2953MaRDI QIDQ4648922FDOQ4648922

Authors: Silvia Benvenuti, Riccardo Piergallini, Giacomo Tomassoni 

Publication date: 16 November 2012

Abstract: We extend the concept of orbifold to that of branchfold, in order to allow any cone singularities with rational angles, and show why branchfolds naturally fit in the theory of branched coverings. Then, we obtain a geometric goodness theorem for branchfolds and apply it to prove that a conifold can be endowed with branchfold structure if and only if it has locally finite holonomy.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/0806.2953

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zbMATH Keywords

branched coveringorbifoldbranchfoldrational conifold

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

General geometric structures on low-dimensional manifolds (57M50) Low-dimensional topology of special (e.g., branched) coverings (57M12)

Cited In (1)

• Orbifolds and Their Uniformization

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