Geometry & Topology, Vol. 6 (2002) Paper no. 1, pages 1--26.

Algorithmic detection and description of hyperbolic structures on closed 3-manifolds with solvable word problem

Jason Manning

Abstract. We outline a rigorous algorithm, first suggested by Casson, for determining whether a closed orientable 3-manifold M is hyperbolic, and to compute the hyperbolic structure, if one exists. The algorithm requires that a procedure has been given to solve the word problem in \pi _1(M).

Keywords. 3-manifold, Kleinian group, word problem, recognition problem, geometric structure

AMS subject classification. Primary: 57M50. Secondary: 20F10.

DOI: 10.2140/gt.2002.6.1

E-print: arXiv:math.GT/0102154

Submitted to GT on 20 February 2001. (Revised 26 October 2001.) Paper accepted 12 January 2002. Paper published 16 January 2002.

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Jason Manning
Department of Mathematics, University of California at Santa Barbara
Santa Barbara, CA 93106, USA
Email: manning@math.ucsb.edu

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