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Incompressible surfaces and spunnormal form

Geometric Topology 2011-01-18 v3

Abstract

Suppose M is a cusped finite-volume hyperbolic 3-manifold and T is an ideal triangulation of M with essential edges. We show that any incompressible surface S in M that is not a virtual fiber can be isotoped into spunnormal form in T . The proof is based directly on ideas of W. Thurston.

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@article{arxiv.math/0503027,
  title  = {Incompressible surfaces and spunnormal form},
  author = {Genevieve S. Walsh},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:math/0503027},
  year   = {2011}
}

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11 pages; changed Definition 1.2