The homeomorphism problem for closed 3-manifolds
Geometric Topology
2014-11-11 v2 Group Theory
Abstract
We give a more geometric approach to an algorithm for deciding whether two hyperbolic 3-manifolds are homeomorphic. We also give a more algebraic approach to the homeomorphism problem for geometric, but non-hyperbolic, 3-manifolds.
Cite
@article{arxiv.1211.0264,
title = {The homeomorphism problem for closed 3-manifolds},
author = {Peter Scott and Hamish Short},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1211.0264},
year = {2014}
}
Comments
first version: 12 pages. Replacement: 14 pages. Includes minor improvements to exposition in response to referee's comments