3-manifolds with universal links are spherical

Published 19 Nov 2025 in math.GT | (2511.14985v1)

Abstract: We determine which orientable 3-manifolds are dominated by the 3-sphere. This characterization implies that the closed 3-manifolds that admit a universal link are spherical. Moreover, we show examples of complement universal links that are not universal.

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