## Duke Mathematical Journal

### The Poincaré metric and a conformal version of a theorem of Thurston

Richard D. Canary

#### Article information

Source
Duke Math. J. Volume 64, Number 2 (1991), 349-359.

Dates
First available in Project Euclid: 20 February 2004

Permanent link to this document
http://projecteuclid.org/euclid.dmj/1077295526

Digital Object Identifier
doi:10.1215/S0012-7094-91-06417-3

Mathematical Reviews number (MathSciNet)
MR1136380

Zentralblatt MATH identifier
0759.57013

#### Citation

Canary, Richard D. The Poincaré metric and a conformal version of a theorem of Thurston. Duke Math. J. 64 (1991), no. 2, 349--359. doi:10.1215/S0012-7094-91-06417-3. http://projecteuclid.org/euclid.dmj/1077295526.

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