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Quasigeodesic Flows in Hyperbolic Three-Manifolds

Geometric Topology 2009-09-25 v1

Abstract

Any closed, oriented, hyperbolic three-manifold with nontrivial second homology has many quasigeodesic flows, where quasigeodesic means that flow lines are uniformly efficient in measuring distance in relative homotopy classes. The flows are pseudo-Anosov flows which are almost transverse to finite depth foliations in the manifold. The main tool is the use of a sutured manifold hierarchy which has good geometric properties.

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@article{arxiv.math/9507216,
  title  = {Quasigeodesic Flows in Hyperbolic Three-Manifolds},
  author = {Sérgio Fenley and Lee Mosher},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:math/9507216},
  year   = {2009}
}