We show that every topological surface lamination of a 3–manifold M is isotopic to one with smoothly immersed leaves. This carries out a project proposed by Gabai in [Problems in foliations and laminations, AMS/IP Stud. Adv. Math. 2.2 1–33]. Consequently any such lamination admits the structure of a Riemann surface lamination, and therefore useful structure theorems of Candel [Uniformization of surface laminations, Ann. Sci. Ecole Norm. Sup. 26 (1993) 489–516] and Ghys [Dynamique et geometrie complexes, Panoramas et Syntheses 8 (1999)] apply.
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author = {Calegari, Danny},
title = {Leafwise smoothing laminations},
journal = {Algebraic and Geometric Topology},
pages = {579--587},
year = {2001},
volume = {1},
number = {1},
doi = {10.2140/agt.2001.1.579},
url = {http://geodesic.mathdoc.fr/articles/10.2140/agt.2001.1.579/}
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Calegari, Danny. Leafwise smoothing laminations. Algebraic and Geometric Topology, Tome 1 (2001) no. 1, pp. 579-587. doi: 10.2140/agt.2001.1.579
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