 Covering-space subgroup and deck-group quotient (source code)

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= Covering-space subgroup and deck-group quotient

For a connected regular covering corresponding to $H\leq\pi_1(X,x_0)$, the subgroup $H$ is normal and
$$
\pi_1(X,x_0)/H\cong\operatorname{Deck}(\widetilde X/X).
$$
The quotient acts on a fibre by endpoints of lifted loops, and regularity makes this action transitive with kernel $H$.

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