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Almost filling laminations and the connectivity of ending lamination space

David Gabai

Geometry & Topology 13 (2009) 1017–1041
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.

Keywords
lamination, connectivity, curve complex, surface
Mathematical Subject Classification 2000
Primary: 57M50
Secondary: 57R30, 51M10, 20F65
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Publication
Received: 5 September 2008
Revised: 3 January 2009
Accepted: 4 December 2008
Published: 21 January 2009
Proposed: Benson Farb
Seconded: Jean-Pierre Otal, Tobias Colding
Authors
David Gabai
Department of Mathematics
Princeton University
Princeton, NJ 08544
USA