Semicoverings: a generalization of covering space theory

Jeremy Brazas

Using universal constructions of topological groups, one can endow the fundamental group of a space with a topology and obtain a topological group. Additionally, the fundamental groupoid of a space becomes enriched over Top when the hom-sets are endowed with similar topologies. This paper is devoted to a generalization of classical covering theory in the context of these constructions.

Homology, Homotopy and Applications, Vol. 14 (2012), No. 1, pp.33-63.

doi:10.4310/HHA.2012.v14.n1.a3

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