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Lens spaces among 3-manifolds and quotient surface singularities

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This is a pseudo-historical survey about some aspects of lens spaces and their relations with cyclic quotient singularities. References are ordered by the year of publication. Their list is not exhaustive.

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I thank Françoise Michel for useful conversations. But the mistakes which remain are mine. I also thank the referee for helping me to be more clear in several instances.

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Weber, C. Lens spaces among 3-manifolds and quotient surface singularities. RACSAM 112, 893–914 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13398-018-0502-3

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