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    Generic uniqueness of least area planes in hyperbolic space

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    We study the number of solutions of the asymptotic Plateau problem in H^3. By using the analytical results in our previous paper, and some topological arguments, we show that there exists an open dense subset of C^3 Jordan curves in S^2_{infty}(H^3) such that any curve in this set bounds a unique least area plane in H^3.Comment: This is the version published by Geometry & Topology on 27 April 2006 (V3: typesetting corrections

    Number of Least Area Planes in Gromov Hyperbolic 3-Spaces

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    We show that for a generic simple closed curve C in the asymptotic boundary of a Gromov hyperbolic 3-space with cocompact metric X, there exist a unique least area plane P in X with asymptotic boundary C. This result has interesting topological applications for constructions of canonical 2-dimensional objects in 3-manifolds
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