Topology of 3-dimensional manifolds by Eaman Eftekhary

“…This is the second paper from a trio which reviews some of the progress in low dimensional topology in the past century. Starting with the work of Poincare in the last years of 19th century and first few years of 20th century, we review the major steps in putting 3-manifolds and their algebraic topology in a solid mathematical framework, and the important theorems which strengthened the understanding of 3-manifolds, including the prime decomposition theorem and JSJ decomposition of 3-manifolds. …”
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