2026-07-072026-07-07http://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/160574We define fake weighted projective spaces as a generalisation of weighted projective spaces. We introduce the notions of fundamental group in codimension 1 and of universal covering in codimension 1. We prove that for every fake weighted projective space its universal cover in codimension 1 is a weighted projective space.20 pages, master thesis defended at Warsaw University in June 2002Algebraic Geometry14M25, 14F35, 14L30text