The classification of Kleinian surface groups, I: models and bounds

Annals of Mathematics

Volumn 171, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 1-107

  Minsky, Yair ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 77952720063     PISSN: 0003486X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4007/annals.2010.171.1     Document Type: Review

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