Covering moves
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Abstract:
In this paper we give a positive answer to a long standing question posed by Montesinos, by introducing new covering moves, in order to relate any two colored diagrams representing the same $3$-manifold as simple branched $3$-covering of ${S^3}$.References
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Additional Information
- © Copyright 1991 American Mathematical Society
- Journal: Trans. Amer. Math. Soc. 325 (1991), 903-920
- MSC: Primary 57M12; Secondary 57N10
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.1090/S0002-9947-1991-1010413-4
- MathSciNet review: 1010413