A glimpse into Thurston's work

2020/09/14 by Ken’ichi Ohshika, Athanase Papadopoulos, Ohshika, Ken'Ichi +1
Mathematics · #History and Theory of Mathematics

paper · doi:10.48550/arxiv.2009.06344

Abstract

We present an overview of some significant results of Thurston and their impact on mathematics. The final version of this paper will appear as Chapter 1 of the book "In the tradition of Thurston: Geometry and topology", edited by K. Ohshika and A. Papadopoulos (Springer, 2020).

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