Every closed orientable 3-manifold is a 3-fold branched covering space of 𝑆³

Hilden, Hugh M.

doi:10.1090/S0002-9904-1974-13699-2

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Every closed orientable 3-manifold is a 3-fold branched covering space of $S^3$
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Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 80 (1974), 1243-1244

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