Non-realizability and ending laminations: Proof of the density conjecture

Acta Mathematica

Volumn 209, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 323-395

  Namazi, Hossein ^a   Souto, Juan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

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EID: 84871341173     PISSN: 00015962     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11511-012-0088-0     Document Type: Article

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