Hyperbolic manifolds and discrete groups (Q5897009)

This is an unchanged paperback-reprint of the original version of the book from 2001 (Zbl 0958.57001). The central subject is Thurston's hyperbolization theorem for atoroidal Haken 3-manifolds and its background from 3-manifolds, hyperbolic geometry, Teichmüller theory, Kleinian groups etc.; in fact the book is one of the main sources for some of the more advanced topics from hyperbolic 3-manifolds and Kleinian groups. Some comments. The hyperbolization theorem for Haken-3-manifolds was the first major geometrization result for 3-manifolds. So far, the methods did not generalize to the hyperbolization (or geometrization) of non-Haken 3-manifolds (except for 3-manifolds with finite non-free group actions, or to the orbifold case); in fact, the relation between non-Haken and Haken 3-manifolds remains somewhat mysterious (e.g., under finite coverings). In the meantime, with the publication of two fundamental papers by \textit{G. Perelman} [arXiv e-print service, Cornell University Library, Paper No. 0211159, 39 p., electronic only (2002; Zbl 1130.53001); ibid., Paper No. 0303109, 22 p., electronic only (2003; Zbl 1130.53002)], a proof of the more general geometrization conjecture for 3-manifolds has emerged, on the basis of different methods (Ricci flow); the two major cases here are the hyperbolization of (irreducible, atoroidal) 3-manifolds with infinite fundamental group, and the existence of spherical structures for 3-manifolds with finite fundamental group (the latter including the Poincaré conjecture).