HOMEWORK SHEET 3

ALGEBRAIC TOPOLOGY
INSTRUCTOR: HAMILTON

(1) Suppose that

e1 X
e2
:X
e1 , 1 ) and (X
e2 , 2 ) of a base
is a homomorphism between two covering spaces (X
space X. Show that is a covering map.
e := C {0} and X := C {0}. Consider the covering map
(2) Set X
e X
:X
z 7 z n
Explain, using arguments involving fundamental groups, why:
(a) If n > 1 then the map
id : C {0} X
e
does not lift to a continuous map to the cover X.
(b) That the inclusion
i : C [0, ) X
e
lifts to a continuous map to the cover X.
[Remark: Since is complex analytic, any lifting must be complex analytic
too. Hence the word continuous above may be replaced everywhere with complex
analytic.]
(3) Recall that a covering map
e X
:X
is regular if
e x))
# ((X,
is a normal subgroup of (X, (
x)). Show that this definition does not depend
e
upon the choice of basepoint x X.