# Immersing almost geodesic surfaces in a closed hyperbolic three manifold

@article{Kahn2009ImmersingAG,
title={Immersing almost geodesic surfaces in a closed hyperbolic three manifold},
author={Jeremy A. Kahn and V. Markovi{\'c}},
journal={Annals of Mathematics},
year={2009},
volume={175},
pages={1127-1190}
}
• Published 2009
• Mathematics
• Annals of Mathematics
Let M 3 be a closed hyperbolic three manifold. We construct closed surfaces that map by immersions into M 3 so that for each, one the corresponding mapping on the universal covering spaces is an embedding, or, in other words, the corresponding induced mapping on fundamental groups is an injection.
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