A universal ribbon surface in $B^{4}$

• Autores: Riccardo Piergallini, Daniele Zuddas
• Localización: Proceedings of the London Mathematical Society, ISSN 0024-6115, Vol. 90, Nº 3, 2005, págs. 763-782
• Idioma: inglés
• DOI: 10.1112/s0024611504015072
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• Resumen

  • We construct an orientable ribbon surface $F \subset B^4$ which is universal in the following sense: any orientable 4-manifold $M \cong B^4 \cup \text{1-handles} \cup \text{2-handles}$ can be represented as a cover of $B^4$ branched over $F$.