Lectures on low-dimensional topology

During the week of May 18-26, 1992, a conference on low-Dimensional Topology was held at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. The Conference was devoted to a broad spectrum of topics in Low-Dimensional Topology. However, special emphasis was given to hyperbolic and combinatorial structures, minimal surface theory, negatively curbed groups, group actions on R-trees, and gauge theoretic aspects of 3-manifolds. Recent results in these topics are published here. A special attempt was made to make this conference accessible and worthwhile for young researchers in the field. This volume is the most complete and current compilation of research in the field of Low-Dimensional Topology.