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We show that Brieskorn manifolds with their standard contact structures are contact branched coverings of spheres. This covering maps a contact open book decomposition of the Brieskorn manifold onto a Milnor open book of the sphere.
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Öztürk, F., Niederkrüger, K. Brieskorn manifolds as contact branched covers of spheres. Period Math Hung 54, 85–97 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1007/s-10998-007-1085-3
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