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Covering Space


Suppose that X^~,X are arcwise-connected and locally arcwise-connected topological spaces. Then (X^~,p) is said to be a covering space of X if p:X^~->X is a surjective continuous map with every x in X having an open neighborhood U such that every connected component of p^(-1)(U) is mapped homeomorphically onto U by p.


See also

Covering Map, Deck Transformation, Fundamental Group, Universal Cover

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Weisstein, Eric W. "Covering Space." From MathWorld--A Wolfram Web Resource. https://mathworld.wolfram.com/CoveringSpace.html

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