Thurston: three-manifolds, Kleinian groups and hyperbolic geometry

What changed

Presented the geometrization picture for compact three-manifolds and surveyed supporting geometry and topology.

Scientific scope

The record is Thurston’s sole-author 1982 Bulletin of the AMS paper. Its geometrization picture was partly conjectural there; it does not claim the later Perelman proof, absorb the full Princeton notes or assign all supporting theorems to this paper.

Evidence

The linked sources identify this contribution and its scope. WRS has not independently reconstructed the scientific claims. The record is Thurston’s sole-author 1982 Bulletin of the AMS paper. Its geometrization picture was partly conjectural there; it does not claim the later Perelman proof, absorb the full Princeton notes or assign all supporting theorems to this paper.

Contributors

• William P. Thurston · SCIENCE: Named source author of the scoped work; individual effort shares are not measured.

• AMS full text of Thurston paper
• DOI record for Thurston paper

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