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Shrinkwrapping and the taming of hyperbolic 3-manifolds

Geometric Topology 2007-05-23 v3 Differential Geometry

Abstract

We introduce a new technique for finding CAT(-1) surfaces in hyperbolic 3-manifolds. We use this to show that a complete hyperbolic 3-manifold with finitely generated fundamental group is geometrically and topologically tame.

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@article{arxiv.math/0407161,
  title  = {Shrinkwrapping and the taming of hyperbolic 3-manifolds},
  author = {Danny Calegari and David Gabai},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:math/0407161},
  year   = {2007}
}

Comments

60 pages, 7 figures; V3: incorporates referee's suggestions, references updated