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Given a hyperbolic 3-manifold M containing an embedded closed geodesic, we estimate the volume of a complete hyperbolic metric on the complement of the geodesic in terms of the geometry of M. As a corollary, we show that the smallest volume…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2014-11-11 Ian Agol

Since the set of volumes of hyperbolic 3-manifolds is well ordered, for each fixed g there is a genus-g surface bundle over the circle of minimal volume. Here, we introduce an explicit family of genus-g bundles which we conjecture are the…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2014-10-01 John William Aaber , Nathan M. Dunfield

We prove that the Whitehead link complement and the (-2, 3, 8) pretzel link complement are the minimal volume orientable hyperbolic 3-manifolds with two cusps, with volume 3.66... = 4 x Catalan's constant. We use topological arguments to…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2010-05-19 Ian Agol

We show that for every $n\geq 2$ and any $\epsilon>0$ there exists a compact hyperbolic $n$-manifold with a closed geodesic of length less than $\epsilon$. When $\epsilon$ is sufficiently small these manifolds are non-arithmetic, and they…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2014-10-01 Mikhail Belolipetsky , Scott A. Thomson

We give a summary of known results on the maximal distances between Dehn fillings on a hyperbolic 3-manifold that yield 3-manifolds containing a surface of non-negative Euler characteristic that is either essential or Heegaard.

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2016-09-07 Cameron McA. Gordon

We define for each g>=2 and k>=0 a set M_{g,k} of orientable hyperbolic 3-manifolds with $k$ toric cusps and a connected totally geodesic boundary of genus g. Manifolds in M_{g,k} have Matveev complexity g+k and Heegaard genus g+1, and…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2007-05-23 Roberto Frigerio , Bruno Martelli , Carlo Petronio

We present a simple algorithm for finding eigenmodes of the Laplacian for arbitrary compact hyperbolic 3-manifolds. We apply our algorithm to a sample of twelve manifolds and generate a list of the lowest eigenvalues. We also display a…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2007-05-23 Neil J. Cornish , David N. Spergel

We extend the complete census of orientable cusped hyperbolic $3$-manifolds to $10$ tetrahedra, giving the next $150730$ manifolds and their $496638$ minimal ideal triangulations. As applications, we find the precisely $439898$ exceptional…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2026-03-05 Shana Yunsheng Li

For each natural number n >= 4, we determine the unique lowest volume hyperbolic 3-orbifold whose torsion orders are bounded below by n. This lowest volume orbifold has base space the 3-sphere and singular locus the figure-8 knot, marked n.…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2017-05-09 Christopher K. Atkinson , David Futer

We correct and complete a conjecture of D. Gabai, R. Meyerhoff and N. Thurston on the classification and properties of thin tubed closed hyperbolic 3-manifolds. We additionally show that if N is a closed hyperbolic 3-manifold, then either…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2018-06-22 David Gabai , Maria Trnkova

We describe an algorithm that, given a 3-manifold M, outputs a finite set containing all minimal volume k-component hyperbolic link complements in M. A key step, that might be of independent interest, is an algorithm that, given two…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2025-03-10 Misha Schmalian

We conjecture that for every dimension n not equal 3 there exists a noncompact hyperbolic n-manifold whose volume is smaller than the volume of any compact hyperbolic n-manifold. For dimensions n at most 4 and n=6 this conjecture follows…

Metric Geometry · Mathematics 2015-04-09 Mikhail Belolipetsky , Vincent Emery

The work of Jorgensen and Thurston shows that there is a finite number N(v) of orientable hyperbolic 3-manifolds with any given volume v. We show that there is an infinite sequence of closed orientable hyperbolic 3-manifolds, obtained by…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2012-03-30 Craig Hodgson , Hidetoshi Masai

We give three infinite families of examples of nonhyperbolic Dehn fillings on hyperbolic manifolds. A manifold in the first family admits two Dehn fillings of distance two apart, one of which is toroidal and annular, and the other is…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2016-09-07 Mario Eudave-Muñoz , Ying-Qing Wu

We show that the conjectural cusped complex hyperbolic 2-orbifolds of minimal volume are the two smallest arithmetic complex hyperbolic 2-orbifolds. We then show that every arithmetic cusped complex hyperbolic 2-manifold of minimal volume…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2011-02-03 Matthew Stover

We prove a volume inequality for 3-manifolds having C^0 metrics "bent" along a hypersurface, and satisfying certain curvature pinching conditions. The result makes use of Perelman's work on Ricci flow and geometrization of closed…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2007-11-06 Ian Agol , Nathan M. Dunfield , Peter A. Storm , William P. Thurston

In this paper we show that the volume of a maximal globally hyperbolic Cauchy-compact anti-de Sitter $3$-manifold $M$ is at least $\pi^2|\chi(M)|$, and that this minimum value is attained if and only if $M$ is Fuchsian.

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2026-05-06 Gabriele Mondello , Nicolas Tholozan

Let $M$ be a $2$-cusped hyperbolic $3$-manifold. By the work of Thurston, the product of the derivatives of the holonomies of core geodesics of each Dehn filling of $M$ is an invariant of it. In this paper, we classify Dehn fillings of $M$…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2024-11-21 BoGwang Jeon

We classify the orientable finite-volume hyperbolic 3-manifolds having non-empty compact totally geodesic boundary and admitting an ideal triangulation with at most four tetrahedra. We also compute the volume of all such manifolds, we…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2011-09-06 Roberto Frigerio , Bruno Martelli , Carlo Petronio

We prove there exists a compact embedded minimal surface in a complete finite volume hyperbolic $3$-manifold $\mathcal{N}$. We also obtain a least area, incompressible, properly embedded, finite topology, $2$-sided surface. We prove a…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2014-06-26 Pascal Collin , Laurent Hauswirth , Laurent Mazet , Harold Rosenberg