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Covering Maps with respect to Topologies on the Fundamental Group

Algebraic Topology 2026-02-24 v1

Abstract

In this paper, using the classical covering theory, we introduce a generalization of covering maps of a space XX with respect to a topology τ\tau on the fundamental group of XX. We show that the famous notions, covering, semicovering, generalized covering and fibration maps are of special cases of this new notion π1τ\pi_1^{\tau}-covering map. Moreover, among presenting some properties for this new notion, we compare π1τ\pi_1^{\tau}-covering maps of a space XX for several famous topologies on the fundamental group of XX.

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@article{arxiv.2602.18944,
  title  = {Covering Maps with respect to Topologies on the Fundamental Group},
  author = {Naghme Shahami and Behrooz Mashayekhy},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2602.18944},
  year   = {2026}
}

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22 pages