| Hyperbolic Manifolds and Discrete Groups 2010 Edition Contributor(s): Kapovich, Michael (Author) |
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ISBN: 0817649123 ISBN-13: 9780817649128 Publisher: Birkhauser OUR PRICE: $123.49 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: October 2009 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Mathematics | Geometry - Non-euclidean - Mathematics | Topology - General - Mathematics | Algebra - Abstract |
| Dewey: 516.9 |
| LCCN: 2009926317 |
| Series: Modern Birkhäuser Classics |
| Physical Information: 1" H x 6.14" W x 9.21" (1.52 lbs) 470 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The main goal of the book is to present a proof of the following. Thurston's Hyperbolization Theorem ("The Big Monster"). Suppose that M is a compact atoroidal Haken 3-manifold that has zero Euler characteristic. Then the interior of M admits a complete hyperbolic metric of finite volume. This theorem establishes a strong link between the geometry and topology 3 of 3-manifolds and the algebra of discrete subgroups of Isom(JH[ ). It completely changed the landscape of 3-dimensional topology and theory of Kleinian groups. Further, it allowed one to prove things that were beyond the reach of the standard 3-manifold technique as, for example, Smith's conjecture, residual finiteness of the fundamental groups of Haken manifolds, etc. In this book we present a complete proof of the Hyperbolization Theorem in the "generic case." Initially we planned 1 including a detailed proof in the remaining case of manifolds fibered over as well. However, since Otal's book [Ota96] (which treats the fiber bundle case) became available, only a sketch of the proof in the fibered case will be given here. |