## Duke Mathematical Journal

### The space of Kleinian punctured torus groups is not locally connected

Kenneth Bromberg

#### Abstract

We show that the space of Kleinian punctured torus groups is not locally connected.

#### Article information

Source
Duke Math. J., Volume 156, Number 3 (2011), 387-427.

Dates
First available in Project Euclid: 9 February 2011

https://projecteuclid.org/euclid.dmj/1297258905

Digital Object Identifier
doi:10.1215/00127094-2010-215

Mathematical Reviews number (MathSciNet)
MR2772066

Zentralblatt MATH identifier
1213.30078

Subjects
Secondary: 57M50: Geometric structures on low-dimensional manifolds

#### Citation

Bromberg, Kenneth. The space of Kleinian punctured torus groups is not locally connected. Duke Math. J. 156 (2011), no. 3, 387--427. doi:10.1215/00127094-2010-215. https://projecteuclid.org/euclid.dmj/1297258905

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