David Gabai

David Gabai is a Professor in the Department of Mathematics at Princeton University. His research focuses on topology. Gabai holds the Hughes-Rogers Professor of Mathematics title. He is affiliated with Fine Hall, room 502, and his contact email is gabai@math.princeton.edu. His professional website is available at https://www.math.princeton.edu/people/david-gabai.

David Gabai is a mathematician whose research focuses on the topology and geometry of 3-manifolds. His work explores foliations, laminations, and hyperbolic structures, with significant contributions to understanding the taming of hyperbolic 3-manifolds and the classification of fibred links in S³. Gabai's research also addresses the rigidity of hyperbolic 3-manifolds, the properties of essential laminations, and the geometric operations such as the Murasugi sum. His studies often intersect with knot theory, including the analysis of 1-bridge braids in solid tori and the genera of alternating and arborescent links. Gabai's publications highlight the interplay between geometric and topological properties in low-dimensional topology.