Birman, Joan S.; Hilden, Hugh M. Heegaard splittings of branched coverings of \(S^3\). (English) Zbl 0312.55004 Trans. Am. Math. Soc. 213, 315-352 (1975). Page: −5 −4 −3 −2 −1 ±0 +1 +2 +3 +4 +5 Show Scanned Page Cited in 3 ReviewsCited in 36 Documents MSC: 57M40 Characterizations of the Euclidean \(3\)-space and the \(3\)-sphere (MSC2010) 57M05 Fundamental group, presentations, free differential calculus 57M10 Covering spaces and low-dimensional topology 57M25 Knots and links in the \(3\)-sphere (MSC2010) 57M35 Dehn’s lemma, sphere theorem, loop theorem, asphericity (MSC2010) PDFBibTeX XMLCite \textit{J. S. Birman} and \textit{H. M. Hilden}, Trans. Am. Math. Soc. 213, 315--352 (1975; Zbl 0312.55004) Full Text: DOI