The Birman–Hilden property of covering spaces of nonorientable surfaces

  • F. Atalan Dep. Math., Atilim Univ., Ankara, Turke
  • E. Medetogullari Dep. Math., TED Univ., Ankara, Turkey

Abstract

UDC 517.5

Let $p: \widetilde{N} \rightarrow N$ be a finite covering space of nonorientable surfaces, where $\chi(\widetilde{N}) < 0$. We search whether or not $p$ has the Birman–Hilden property.

 

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Published
28.03.2020
How to Cite
Atalan, F., and E. Medetogullari. “The Birman–Hilden Property of Covering Spaces of Nonorientable Surfaces”. Ukrains’kyi Matematychnyi Zhurnal, Vol. 72, no. 3, Mar. 2020, pp. 307-15, doi:10.37863/umzh.v72i3.6044.
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Research articles