The classification of Kleinian surface groups, II: The ending lamination conjecture

Annals of Mathematics

Volumn 176, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 1-149

  Brock, Jeffrey F ^a   Canary, Richard D ^b   Minsky, Yair N ^c  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84863443902     PISSN: 0003486X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4007/annals.2012.176.1.1     Document Type: Article

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