The evolution of geometric structures on 3-manifolds

McMullen, Curtis

doi:10.1090/S0273-0979-2011-01329-5

The evolution of geometric structures on 3-manifolds
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Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 48 (2011), 259-274

Abstract:

This paper gives an overview of the geometrization conjecture and approaches to its proof.

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