Degenerations of hyperbolic structures. II: Measured laminations in 3- manifolds

DOI10.2307/2007061zbMath0656.57003OpenAlexW2316452670MaRDI QIDQ1110135

John W. Morgan, Peter B. Shalen

Publication date: 1988

Published in: Annals of Mathematics. Second Series (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.2307/2007061

zbMATH Keywords

branched surfacetrain tracksincompressible surfacesalgebraically incompressiblecharacteristic graph submanifoldflat branched surfacegeodesic laminations on surfacesincompressible branched surfacesmeasured laminations in 3-manifoldsnormal surfaces in 3-manifoldssurfaces in 3-manifolds

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