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Mathematics 2003
A universal ribbon surface in B^4DOI: 10.1112/S0024611504015072 Abstract: We construct an orientable ribbon surface F in B^4, which is universal in the following sense: any compact orientable pl 4-manifold having a handle decomposition with 0-, 1- and 2-handles can be represented as a cover of B^4 branched over F.
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