4–manifolds as covers of the 4–sphere branched over non-singular surfaces
Work
Year: 2002
Type: article
Abstract: We prove the long-standing Montesinos conjecture that any closed oriented PL 4-manifold M is a simple covering of S 4 branched over a locally flat surface (cf [12]).In fact, we show how to eliminate a... more
Source: Geometry & Topology
Institution Università di Camerino
Cites: 16
Cited by: 26
Related to: 10
FWCI: 0.823
Citation percentile (by year/subfield): 83.13
Subfield: Geometry and Topology
Field: Mathematics
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: bronze