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On the geometric and topological rigidity of hyperbolic 3-manifolds

Author(s): David Gabai
Journal: Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 31 (1994), 228-232.
MathSciNet review: 1261238
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Abstract: A homotopy equivalence between a hyperbolic 3-manifold and a closed irreducible 3-manifold is homotopic to a homeomorphsim provided the hyperbolic manifold satisfies a purely geometric condition. There are no known examples of hyperbolic 3-manifolds which do not satisfy this condition.

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DOI: 10.1090/S0273-0979-1994-00523-3
PII: S 0273-0979(1994)00523-3
Copyright of article: Copyright 1994, American Mathematical Society




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