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SnapPea

SnapPea is free software designed to help mathematicians, in particular low-dimensional topologists, study hyperbolic 3-manifolds. The primary… 
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2018
2018
Profinite Rigidity in the SnapPea Census
Abstract A well-known question asks whether any two non-isometric finite volume hyperbolic 3-manifolds are distinguished from… 
2017
2017
Rigorous computations with an approximate Dirichlet domain
2013
2013
A challenge to 3-manifold topologists and group algebraists
This paper poses some basic questions about instances (hard to find) of a special problem in 3-manifold topology. "Important… 
2010
2010
Cusped hyperbolic 3-manifolds: canonically CAT(0) with CAT(0) spines
We prove that every finite-volume hyperbolic 3-manifold M with p > 0 cusps admits a canonical, complete, piecewise Euclidean CAT… 
2009
2009
Proving a manifold to be hyperbolic once
Let M be a 3–manifold whose boundary consists of tori. The computer program SnapPea [20], created by Jeff Weeks, can approximate… 
2007
2007
An alternative method for computing the canonical cell decomposition of a hyperbolic link complement Preliminary version ( no figures yet )
A classical knot is a smooth or piecewise linear simple closed curve in 3-dimensional Euclidean space R, or in the 3-sphere S = R… 
2000
2000
Introduction to twisted face-pairings
We give a mechanical recipe for creating simple face-pairing descriptions of closed 3-manifolds. We call the technique twisted… 
2000
2000
Ja n 20 00 The Angular Scale of Topologically-Induced Flat Spots in the Cosmic Microwave Background Radiation
The notion that the topology of the universe need not be that of the universal covering space of its geometry has recently… 
Review
1999
Review
1999
Ja n 19 99 Topology of the Universe : Theory and Observation
Think of a right triangle drawn on a transparency. The transparency is a piece of an infinite Euclidean plane whose flat metric… 
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