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The classification of Kleinian surface groups, II: The Ending Lamination Conjecture

Geometric Topology 2011-03-10 v2 Differential Geometry

Abstract

Thurston's Ending Lamination Conjecture states that a hyperbolic 3-manifold N with finitely generated fundamental group is uniquely determined by its topological type and its end invariants. In this paper we prove this conjecture for Kleinian surface groups; the general case when N has incompressible ends relative to its cusps follows readily. The main ingredient is the establishment of a uniformly bilipschitz model for a Kleinian surface group. The first half of the proof appeared in math.GT/0302208, and a subsequent paper will establish the Ending Lamination Conjecture in general.

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@article{arxiv.math/0412006,
  title  = {The classification of Kleinian surface groups, II: The Ending Lamination Conjecture},
  author = {Jeffrey F. Brock and Richard D. Canary and Yair N. Minsky},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:math/0412006},
  year   = {2011}
}

Comments

143 pages. Comprehensive revision and inclusion of the incompressible ends case

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