%0 Book Section %T Branched folded coverings and 3-manifolds publisher UCM %D 2012 %U 978-84-695-4421-1 %@ https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/45371 %X Under the framework of Fox spreads and its completions a theory thar generalizes coverings (folding covering theory) and a theroy that generalizes branched coverings (branched folding theory) is defined and some properties are proved. Two applications to 3-manifold theory are given.A problem is stated. %~