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On fundamental groups of quotient spaces

General Topology 2013-03-06 v3 Dynamical Systems

Abstract

In classical covering space theory, a covering map induces an injection of fundamental groups. This paper reveals a dual property for certain quotient maps having connected fibers, with applications to orbit spaces of vector fields and leaf spaces in general.

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Cite

@article{arxiv.0904.4465,
  title  = {On fundamental groups of quotient spaces},
  author = {Jack S. Calcut and Robert E. Gompf and John D. McCarthy},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0904.4465},
  year   = {2013}
}

Comments

12 pages, 4 figures; added references, keywords, and Remark 1.2; accepted at Topology and its Applications

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