On soft covering spaces in soft topological spaces

In this paper, we presented the concept of a soft covering map on a soft topological space. We also introduced the notion of a soft local homeomorphism and established the relationship between soft local homeomorphism and soft open mapping. Additionally, we demonstrated that a soft local homeomorphism does not necessarily imply a soft covering map. We provided several characterizations and restriction theorems. Moreover, we deduced the necessary and sufficient conditions for a soft continuous map to be a soft covering map.