Paper 1, Section II, F
Part II, 2019
In this question, and are path-connected, locally simply connected spaces.
(a) Let be a continuous map, and a path-connected covering space of . State and prove a uniqueness statement for lifts of to .
(b) Let be a covering map. A covering transformation of is a homeomorphism such that . For each integer , give an example of a space and an -sheeted covering map such that the only covering transformation of is the identity map. Justify your answer. [Hint: Take to be a wedge of two circles.]
(c) Is there a space and a 2-sheeted covering map for which the only covering transformation of is the identity? Justify your answer briefly.