Uniformly finite Cannon--Thurston fibers in most hyperbolic settings.
problem Existence and finiteness of Cannon--Thurston maps.
method Analysis of proper maps between hyperbolic metric spaces.
result Uniform finiteness of Cannon--Thurston fibers in most known settings.
Method solves ∂ˉ-harmonic forms on Kodaira-Thurston manifold.
problem Finding ∂ˉ-harmonic forms on Kodaira-Thurston manifold. method Weil-Brezin transform, linear ODE systems, fundamental problem solving.
result Dimension of almost complex ∂ˉ-Hodge numbers can be arbitrarily large. In this article we present an unpublished proof of W. Thurston that pure braid groups have the congruence subgroup property.
Article provides polytopes as dual unit balls of Thurston norms on 3-manifolds.
problem Understanding the dual unit ball shape of Thurston norms.
method Introduced a family of polytopes in Z^2g that can be dual unit balls of Thurston norms on 3-manifolds.
result Polytopes with mod 2 congruent vertices can be realized as dual unit balls of Thurston norms.
We give a general overview of the influence of William Thurston on the French mathematical school and we show how some of the major problems he solved are rooted in the French mathematical tradition. At the same time, we survey some of Thurston's major results and their impact. The final version of this paper will appe…
The paper classifies hypersurfaces in a specific 4D geometry.
problem Classify homogeneous hypersurfaces in the four-dimensional Thurston geometry mSol04. method Used geometric conditions to classify hypersurfaces with constant principal curvatures.
result Complete classification of homogeneous hypersurfaces in mSol04. We simplify Thurston norm computation for 2-bridge link complements.
problem Understanding the complexity of Thurston norm unit balls in 3-manifolds.
method Utilized Floyd and Hatcher's surface description and integral class minimization.
result Thurston norm unit balls of 2-bridge link complements have at most 8 faces.
Study on earthquake metric on Teichmüller space, proving properties and new completions.
problem Understanding the earthquake metric on Teichmüller space.
method Proofs of properties, new completions, and interpretation of the metric.
result Coincidence of various completions for the earthquake metric.
Survey on Thurston metric on Teichmüller space, focusing on extremal maps.
problem Constructing extremal Lipschitz maps between hyperbolic surfaces.
method Review of constructions including Thurston's original work.
result Coarse geometry and isometry rigidity of Thurston metric discussed.
We assign to a finite CW-complex and an element in its first cohomology group a twisted version of the L2-Euler characteristic and study its main properties. In the case of an irreducible orientable 3-manifold with empty or toroidal boundary and infinite fundamental group we identify it with the Thurston norm. W…
Unified proof of Nielsen-Thurston classification via Teichmüller's theorem.
problem Classifying mapping class groups and rational maps.
method Unified proof following Bers' approach.
result Unified proof of Nielsen-Thurston classification.
The paper extends Thurston's method to new variants of Mather-Thurston theorem.
problem Proving new variants of Mather-Thurston theorem for PL homeomorphisms and contactomorphisms.
method Generalizing Thurston's technique to prove new variants of Mather-Thurston theorem for PL homeomorphisms and contactomorphisms.
result The paper answers questions posed by Gelfand-Fuks and Greenberg on PL foliations and Rybicki on contactomorphisms.
Developed theory for Thurston maps with a small set of essential singularities.
problem Characterizing Thurston maps with essential singularities.
method Analyzed pullback maps on Teichmüller space to characterize Thurston maps.
result Established a characterization theorem for Thurston maps with four postsingular values.
We study the Thurston norm on the second homology of a 3-manifold M, which is the surface bundle over the circle with a pseudo-Anosov monodromy. A novelty of our approach consists in the application of the C*-algebras to a problem in topology. Namely, one associates to M a C*-algebra, whose K-theory gives rise to an al…
Article explores Thurston's circle packing theorem in 3-manifold geometry.
problem Understanding Thurston's circle packing theorem in 3-manifold geometry.
method Analyzes the Koebe-Andre'ev-Thurston Theorem and its relation to Thurston's circle packing theorem.
result Illustrates the significance of Thurston's circle packing theorem in 3-manifold geometry.
Overview of Thurston's work in math.
problem None explicitly stated, focuses on Thurston's contributions.
method Presentation of significant results.
result Impact of Thurston's work on mathematics.
About a decade ago Thurston proved that a vast collection of 3-manifolds carry metrics of constant negative curvature. These manifolds are thus elements of {\em hyperbolic geometry}, as natural as Euclid's regular polyhedra. For a closed manifold, Mostow rigidity assures that a hyperbolic structure is unique when it ex…
We establish basic geometric and topological properties of Thurston's Master Teapot and the Thurston set for superattracting unimodal self-maps of intervals. In particular, the Master Teapot is connected, contains the unit cylinder, and its intersection with a set D×{c} grows monotonically with c.…
Study shows genus two Heegaard diagrams for all Thurston geometries.
problem Finding Heegaard diagrams for Thurston geometries.
method Collecting genus two Heegaard diagrams for all eight Thurston geometries.
result Each Thurston geometry has a genus two Heegaard example.
We show that the problem of tiling the Euclidean plane with a finite set of polygons (up to translation) boils down to prove the existence of zeros of a non-negative convex function defined on a finite-dimensional simplex. This function is a generalisation, in the framework of branched surfaces, of the Thurston semi-no…
We show that the problem of determining whether a knot in the 3-sphere is non-trivial lies in NP. This is a consequence of the following more general result. The problem of determining whether the Thurston norm of a second homology class in a compact orientable 3-manifold is equal to a given integer is in NP. As a coro…
In earlier work, we had shown that Cannon-Thurston maps exist for Kleinian surface groups. In this paper we prove that pre-images of points are precisely end-points of leaves of the ending lamination whenever the Cannon-Thurston map is not one-to-one. In particular, the Cannon-Thurston map is finite-to-one. This comple…
We show that Cannon-Thurston maps exist for degenerate free groups without parabolics, i.e. for handlebody groups. Combining these techniques with earlier work proving the existence of Cannon-Thurston maps for surface groups, we show that Cannon-Thurston maps exist for arbitrary finitely generated Kleinian groups witho…
Thurston's jiggling lemma simplifies triangulations.
problem Simplifying triangulations into a general position.
method Alternative, conceptual proof and generalization to manifolds.
result A more straightforward proof of Thurston's jiggling lemma.
Historical notes on Thurston's 3-manifold geometry.
problem Exploring Thurston's notes on 3-manifold geometry.
method Historical commentary and references.
result Discussion of Lobachevsky, Andreev, and Milnor's works.
Proves Vaisman solvmanifolds are finite quotients of Kodaira-Thurston manifolds.
problem Characterizing Vaisman solvmanifolds and their properties.
method Analyzing fundamental groups and quotient structures.
result Every Vaisman solvmanifold is a finite quotient of a Kodaira-Thurston manifold.
Veering triangulations link Thurston norm and isotopy of surfaces.
problem Understanding the relationship between Thurston norm and isotopy of surfaces.
method Analyzing veering triangulations and their relation to Thurston norm and isotopy.
result Veering triangulations specify faces of Thurston norm balls and link isotopy of surfaces.
We study the Thurston-Bennequin number of complete and complete bipartite Legendrian graphs. We define a new invariant called the total Thurston-Bennequin number of the graph. We show that this invariant is determined by the Thurston-Bennequin numbers of 3-cycles for complete graphs and by the Thurston-Bennequin number…
Develop criteria to distinguish Gromov-Thurston manifolds using algebraic Dehn fillings.
problem Distinguishing homotopy types of Gromov-Thurston manifolds
method Using virtual Dehn fillings of relatively hyperbolic groups
result Criteria to distinguish homotopy types
Study geometric manifolds in arbitrary dimensions, focusing on maps and diffeomorphisms.
problem Existence and properties of maps and diffeomorphisms in geometric manifolds.
method Analysis of geometric structures and homotopy invariants in arbitrary dimensions.
result Existence of Anosov diffeomorphisms and monotonicity of homotopy invariants.
This is a survey on the global theory of constant mean curvature surfaces in Riemannian homogeneous 3-manifolds. These ambient 3-manifolds include the eight canonical Thurston 3-dimensional geometries, i.e. R3, H3, S3, H2 \times R, S2 \times R, the Heisenberg space Nil3, the universal cover of PSL2(R) and the Lie group…
We show that link Floer homology detects the Thurston norm of a link complement. As an application, we show that the Thurston polytope of an alternating link is dual to the Newton polytope of its multi-variable Alexander polynomial. To illustrate these techniques, we also compute the Thurston polytopes of several speci…
The paper extends Menelaus' and Ceva's theorems to translation triangles in various Thurston geometries.
problem Extending classical theorems to non-Euclidean geometries.
method Using projective models of Thurston geometries and defining a ``surface of a translation-like triangle".
result Generalization of Menelaus' and Ceva's theorems to non-constant curvature Thurston geometries.
We highlight several analogies between the Finsler (infinitesimal) properties of Teichmüller's metric and Thurston's asymmetric metric on Teichmüller space. Thurston defined his asymmetric metric in analogy with Teichmüllers' metric, as a solution to an extremal problem, which consists, in the case of the asymmetric me…
Paper shows mapping class group-equivariant Teichmüller space deformation to Thurston spine.
problem Mapping Teichmüller space to Thurston spine.
method Equivariant deformation retraction of Teichmüller space onto a cell complex.
result Thurston spine contains points corresponding to hyperbolic surfaces with shortest geodesics forming polygons.
Modernizes Thurston's proof of entropy theorem for traintrack maps.
problem Proving the entropy theorem for traintrack maps using Thurston's methods.
method Modernizes Thurston's original proof, fills gaps, and proves ergodicity.
result A cohesive proof of the traintrack theorem, including ergodicity.
Survey of Thurston norm properties and connections to 3-manifold invariants.
problem Understanding Thurston norm in 3-manifolds.
method Review and analysis of existing literature.
result Relationships between Thurston norm and various topological invariants.
Constructs Teichmüller curve to study Thurston spine structure.
problem Understanding the structure of Thurston spine in Teichmüller space.
method Constructs a Teichmüller curve and characterizes its intersection with Thurston spine.
result Characterizes Thurston spine as a trivalent tree and equivariant deformation retract of Teichmüller curve.
Proves Thurston's bounded image theorem for Haken manifolds.
problem Proving Thurston's bounded image theorem for Haken manifolds.
method Using recent developments in Kleinian group theory.
result A proof of Thurston's original bounded image theorem.
The paper studies pseudo-Anosov maps from typical Thurston constructions.
problem Estimating the entropy of pseudo-Anosov maps from Thurston's constructions.
method Developed a method to extract information about random walks associated with Thurston's construction.
result Random walks eventually become pseudo-Anosov under certain conditions.
New method calculates Thurston norm for 3-manifolds with toroidal boundaries.
problem Computing the Thurston norm for 3-manifolds with toroidal boundaries.
method maw dual graph construction and sutured manifold hierarchies.
result Explicit procedure to compute Thurston norm from hierarchies.
Numerical study confirms Brennan's conjecture for a counterexample to Thurston's K=2 conjecture.
problem Thurston's K=2 conjecture and Brennan's conjecture in planar domains. method Numerical analysis of a specific counterexample to Thurston's conjecture.
result The counterexample does not contradict Brennan's conjecture.
Explains Thurston geometries and visualization techniques.
problem Classifying Thurston geometries and their visualization.
method Survey of history and recent techniques.
result Discussion of recent immersive visualization techniques.
Teichmüller space rigidity proven for Thurston metric.
problem Understanding isometries in Teichmüller space with Thurston metric.
method Analyzing R-linear surjective isometries between cotangent spaces. result Every isometry between hyperbolic surfaces induces an isometry in Teichmüller space.
The Thurston spine's properties are studied in relation to Morse-Smale complexes.
problem Understanding the Thurston spine's local properties and their global implications.
method Analyzes the Thurston spine as a subset of Teichmüller space and studies its local properties in relation to the systole function.
result The Thurston spine satisfies properties analogous to Morse-Smale complexes, demonstrating its topological significance.
The Thurston norm is derived from polytopes and applied to group cohomology.
problem Understanding the structure of finitely generated torsion-free groups.
method Using the Strong Atiyah Conjecture and L2-Betti numbers, the Thurston norm is defined and related to polytopes. result The Thurston norm is a seminorm on the first cohomology group of a group with real coefficients.
New quasi space forms solve Thurston's geometrical space form problem.
problem Solving Thurston's geometrical space form problem.
method Introducing quasi space forms as non-real space forms with specific geometric properties.
result Quasi space forms offer a metrical, local geometrical solution to Thurston's problem.
We show that solutions of Thurston equation on triangulated 3-manifolds in a commutative ring carry topological information. We also introduce a homogeneous Thurston equation and a commutative ring associated to triangulated 3-manifolds.