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We begin with a review of the known examples of compact totally realn-dimensional submanifolds of ℂ n . We then construct some new families of examples, including some which are simply connected. We conclude by using these examples to construct bounded domains of holomorphy in ℂ n whose universal covering spaces are not biholomorphically equivalent to domains in ℂ n .
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Research supported in part by Grant MCS 8301142 from the National Science Foundation
Research supported in part by Grant MCS 8219229 from the National Science Foundation
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Stout, E.L., Zame, W.R. Totally real imbeddings and the universal covering spaces of domains of holomorphy: Some examples. Manuscripta Math 50, 29–48 (1985). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01168826
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