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2009 Almost filling laminations and the connectivity of ending lamination space
David Gabai
Geom. Topol. 13(2): 1017-1041 (2009). DOI: 10.2140/gt.2009.13.1017

Abstract

We show that if S is a finite type orientable surface of negative Euler characteristic which is not the 3–holed sphere, 4–holed sphere or 1–holed torus, then the space of ending laminations of S is path connected, locally path connected and cyclic.

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David Gabai. "Almost filling laminations and the connectivity of ending lamination space." Geom. Topol. 13 (2) 1017 - 1041, 2009. https://doi.org/10.2140/gt.2009.13.1017

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Received: 5 September 2008; Revised: 3 January 2009; Accepted: 4 December 2008; Published: 2009
First available in Project Euclid: 20 December 2017

zbMATH: 1165.57015
MathSciNet: MR2470969
Digital Object Identifier: 10.2140/gt.2009.13.1017

Subjects:
Primary: 57M50
Secondary: 20F65 , 51M10 , 57R30

Keywords: connectivity , curve complex , lamination , surface

Rights: Copyright © 2009 Mathematical Sciences Publishers

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