Paradoxical decompositions, 2-generator Kleinian groups, and volumes of hyperbolic 3-manifolds

Culler, Marc; Shalen, Peter B.

doi:10.1090/S0894-0347-1992-1135928-4

Paradoxical decompositions, $2$-generator Kleinian groups, and volumes of hyperbolic $3$-manifolds

Authors: Marc Culler and Peter B. Shalen
Journal: J. Amer. Math. Soc. 5 (1992), 231-288
MSC: Primary 57M50; Secondary 30F40
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1090/S0894-0347-1992-1135928-4
MathSciNet review: 1135928
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