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We analyse the topological and geometrical behavior of foliations on 3-manifolds. We consider the transverse structure of an R-covered foliation in a 3-manifold, where R-covered means that in the universal cover the leaf space of the foliation is Hausdorff. If the manifold is aspherical we prove that either there is an incompressible torus in the manifold; or there is a transverse pseudo-Anosov flow. It follows that manifolds with R-covered foliations satisfy the weak hyperbolization conjecture.
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Received: August 8, 2000
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Fenley, S. Foliations, topology and geometry of 3-manifolds: R-covered foliations and transverse pseudo-Anosov flows. Comment. Math. Helv. 77, 415–490 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00014-002-8348-9
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00014-002-8348-9