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In this paper, we describe how we used a computer to produce a census of cusped hyperbolic 3-manifolds obtained from 5 or fewer ideal tetrahedra. We note some of the techniques involved in writing and debugging the programs and give a brief summary of the results.
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Hildebrand, M., Weeks, J. (1989). A Computer Generated Census of Cusped Hyperbolic 3-Manifolds. In: Kaltofen, E., Watt, S.M. (eds) Computers and Mathematics. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-9647-5_7
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