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Foliations and the Geometry of 3-Manifolds

Foliations and the Geometry of 3-Manifolds PDF Author: Danny Calegari
Publisher: Clarendon Press
ISBN: 0191524638
Category : Mathematics
Languages : en
Pages : 384

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Book Description
This unique reference, aimed at research topologists, gives an exposition of the 'pseudo-Anosov' theory of foliations of 3-manifolds. This theory generalizes Thurston's theory of surface automorphisms and reveals an intimate connection between dynamics, geometry and topology in 3 dimensions. Significant themes returned to throughout the text include the importance of geometry, especially the hyperbolic geometry of surfaces, the importance of monotonicity, especially in 1-dimensional and co-dimensional dynamics, and combinatorial approximation, using finite combinatorical objects such as train-tracks, branched surfaces and hierarchies to carry more complicated continuous objects.