Controlling manifold covers of orbifolds
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In this article we prove a generalization of Selberg’s lemma on the existence of torsion free, finite index subgroups of arithmetic groups. Some of the geometric applications are the resolution a conjecture of Nimershiem and answers to questions of Long–Reid and the author.
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