Cyclic surgery, degrees of maps of character curves, and volume rigidity for hyperbolic manifolds

Inventiones Mathematicae

Volumn 136, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 623-657

  Dunfield, Nathan M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

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EID: 0033243369     PISSN: 00209910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002220050321     Document Type: Article

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