Triangulations of 3-manifolds, hyperbolic relative handlebodies, and Dehn filling (Q2468440)

The authors establish a bijective correspondence between the set \({\mathcal T}_n\) of 3-dimensional triangulations with \(n\) tetrahedra and a certain class \({\mathcal H}_n\) of relative handlebodies (i.e. handlebodies with boundary loops, as defined by [\textit{K.~Johannson}, Homotopy equivalences of 3-manifolds with boundaries. Lecture Notes in Mathematics. 761. Berlin-Heidelberg-New York: Springer-Verlag (1979; Zbl 0412.57007)]) of genus \(n+1\). Manifolds in \({\mathcal H}_n\) are hyperbolic (with geodesic bounds, and cusps corresponding to the loops), have least possible volume, and simplest boundary loops. Moreover, the authors consider sets \({\mathcal D}_n\) of their ``doubles'', which are cusped hyperbolic manifolds, and study some Dehn fillings of the manifolds in \({\mathcal D}_n\). The manifolds in \({\mathcal D}_n\) were also considered by \textit{F.~Costantino} and \textit{D.~Thurston} [J. Topol. 1, No. 3, 703--745 (2008; Zbl 1166.57016)].