Tameness on the boundary and Ahlfors' measure conjecture
Publications Mathématiques de l'IHÉS, Tome 98 (2003) , pp. 145-166.

Let N be a complete hyperbolic 3-manifold that is an algebraic limit of geometrically finite hyperbolic 3-manifolds. We show N is homeomorphic to the interior of a compact 3-manifold, or tame, if one of the following conditions holds: 1. N has non-empty conformal boundary, 2. N is not homotopy equivalent to a compression body, or 3. N is a strong limit of geometrically finite manifolds. The first case proves Ahlfors’ measure conjecture for kleinian groups in the closure of the geometrically finite locus: given any algebraic limit $\Gamma$ of geometrically finite kleinian groups, the limit set of $\Gamma$ is either of Lebesgue measure zero or all of $\stackrel{^}{𝐂}$. Thus, Ahlfors’ conjecture is reduced to the density conjecture of Bers, Sullivan, and Thurston.

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Brock, Jeffrey; Bromberg, Kenneth; Evans, Richard; Souto, Juan. Tameness on the boundary and Ahlfors' measure conjecture. Publications Mathématiques de l'IHÉS, Tome 98 (2003) , pp. 145-166. doi : 10.1007/s10240-003-0018-y. http://www.numdam.org/articles/10.1007/s10240-003-0018-y/

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