On moves between branched coverings of the three sphere.

Title: On moves between branched coverings of the three sphere.
Identifier: AAI3024759
identifier: 3024759
Creator: Apostolakis, Nikolaos Emmannuel.
Contributor: Adviser: Dennis P. Sullivan
Date: 2001
Language: English
Publisher: City University of New York.
Subject: Mathematics
Abstract: A combinatorial presentation of closed orientable 3-manifolds as bi-tricolored links is given together with two versions of a calculus via moves (similar to Kirby calculus) to manipulate bi-tricolored links without changing the represented manifold.
Type: dissertation
Source: PQT Legacy CUNY.xlsx
degree: Ph.D.