Simply-connected branched coverings of ๐ยณ
Simply-connected branched coverings of ๐ยณ
It is shown that a simply connected covering of <inline-formula content-type="math/mathml"> <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" alttext="upper S cubed"> <mml:semantics> <mml:mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mml:msup> <mml:mi>S</mml:mi> <mml:mn>3</mml:mn> </mml:msup> </mml:mrow> <mml:annotation encoding="application/x-tex">{S^3}</mml:annotation> </mml:semantics> </mml:math> </inline-formula> branched over a torus knot or one of a certain class of links is <inline-formula content-type="math/mathml"> <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" alttext="upper S cubed"> โฆ