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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

Let $M$ be a closed hyperbolic 3-manifold that admits no infinitesimal conformally-flat deformations. Examples of such manifolds were constructed by Kapovich. Then if $g$ is a Riemannian metric on $M$ with scalar curvature greater than or…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2021-10-20 Ben Lowe

In this paper, we will use Kahn-Markovic's almost totally geodesic surfaces to construct certain $\pi_1$-injective 2-complexes in closed hyperbolic 3-manifolds. Such 2-complexes are locally almost totally geodesic except along a…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2014-06-06 Hongbin Sun

This paper contains examples of closed aspherical manifolds obtained as a by-product of recent work by the author [arXiv:math.GR/0509490] on the relative strict hyperbolization of polyhedra. The following is proved. (I) Any closed…

Group Theory · Mathematics 2009-04-23 Igor Belegradek

It is unknown whether an unknotting tunnel is always isotopic to a geodesic in a finite volume hyperbolic 3-manifold. In this paper, we address the generalization of this problem to hyperbolic 3-manifolds admitting tunnel systems. We show…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2014-10-01 Stephan D. Burton , Jessica S. Purcell

This is the third in a series of papers constructing hyperbolic structures on all Haken three-manifolds. This portion deals with the mixed case of the deformation space for manifolds with incompressible boundary that are not acylindrical,…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2007-05-23 William P. Thurston

We show that any closed hyperbolic 3-manifold M admits a Riemannian metric with scalar curvature at least -6, but with volume entropy strictly larger than 2. In particular, this construction gives counterexamples to a conjecture of I. Agol,…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2025-06-06 Demetre Kazaras , Antoine Song , Kai Xu

We show that for any integers k and g, with g at least two, there are infinitely many closed hyperbolic 3-manifolds which are integral homology spheres with Casson invariant k, and Heegaard genus equal to g. This existence result is shown…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2014-05-27 Alexander Lubotzky , Joseph Maher , Conan Wu

We classify the complete hyperbolic 3-manifolds admitting a maximal cusp of volume at most 2.62. We use this to show that the figure-8 knot complement is the unique 1-cusped hyperbolic 3-manifold with nine or more non-hyperbolic fillings;…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2021-09-30 David Gabai , Robert Haraway , Robert Meyerhoff , Nathaniel Thurston , Andrew Yarmola

This survey article describes the algorithmic approaches successfully used over the time to construct hyperbolic structures on 3-dimensional topological "objects" of various types, and to classify several classes of such objects using such…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2010-03-26 Carlo Petronio

It is conjectured that every cusped hyperbolic 3-manifold admits a geometric triangulation, i.e. it is decomposed into positive volume ideal hyperbolic tetrahedra. Here, we show that sufficiently highly twisted knots admit a geometric…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2023-06-14 Sophie L. Ham , Jessica S. Purcell

We establish a bijective correspondence between the set T(n) of 3-dimensional triangulations with n tetrahedra and a certain class H(n) of relative handlebodies (i.e. handlebodies with boundary loops, as defined by Johannson) of genus n+1.…

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

In this article we study the spectrum of totally geodesic surfaces of a finite volume hyperbolic 3-manifold. We show that for arithmetic hyperbolic 3-manifolds that contain a totally geodesic surface, this spectrum determines the…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2016-11-16 D. B. McReynolds , Alan W. Reid

We introduce a notion of autonomous dynamical systems and apply it to prove rigidity of partially hyperbolic diffeomorphisms on closed compact three-manifolds under some smoothness hypothesis of their associated framing.

Dynamical Systems · Mathematics 2025-08-20 Souheib Allout , Kambiz Moghaddamfar

Let $\Gamma$ be a nonuniform lattice acting on real hyperbolic n-space. We show that in dimension greater than or equal to 4, the volume of a representation is constant on each connected component of the representation variety of $\Gamma$…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2016-08-03 Sungwoon Kim , Inkang Kim

In this survey we discuss how geometric methods can be used to study topological properties of 3-manifolds such as their Heegaard genus or the rank of their fundamental group. On the other hand, we also discuss briefly some results relating…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2009-04-02 Juan Souto

We reinterpret the renormalized volume as the asymptotic difference of the isoperimetric profiles for convex co-compact hyperbolic 3-manifolds. By similar techniques we also prove a sharp Minkowski inequality for horospherically convex sets…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2023-02-28 Franco Vargas Pallete , Celso Viana

We exhibit a closed hyperbolic 3-manifold which satisfies a very strong form of Thurston's Virtual Fibration Conjecture. In particular, this manifold has finite covers which fiber over the circle in arbitrarily many ways. More precisely, it…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2010-06-01 Nathan M. Dunfield , Dinakar Ramakrishnan

This book is an introduction to hyperbolic geometry in dimension three, and its applications to knot theory and to geometric problems arising in knot theory. It has three parts. The first part covers basic tools in hyperbolic geometry and…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2020-03-02 Jessica S. Purcell

Periodic geodesics on the modular surface correspond to periodic orbits of the geodesic flow in its unit tangent bundle $\mathrm{PSL}_2(\mathbb{Z})\backslash\mathrm{PSL}_2(\mathbb{R})$. The complement of any finite number of orbits is a…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2017-05-19 Alex Brandts , Tali Pinsky , Lior Silberman