Existence of least area planes in hyperbolic 3-space with co-compact metric. (Q1430399)

Let \(r\) be a metric on the hyperbolic 3-space \(\mathbb{H}^3\) induced from an arbitrary Riemannian metric on a closed hyperbolic 3-manifold. It is shown that any smooth simple loop in \(S^2_\infty\) spans a properly embedded \(r\)-least area plane in \(\mathbb{H}^3\). This solves \textit{D. Gabai's} conjecture [J. Am. Math. Soc. 10, No. 1, 37--74 (1997; Zbl 0870.57014), Conjecture 3.12], affirmatively.