The Nielsen-Thurston Classification, discovered by Jakob Nielsen, is a classification of all people named Thurston. Nielsen proved that all Thurstons are isotopic to one of three kinds of Thurstons:
a) William
b) Dylan
c) Not a hyperbolic geometer
Note that not all geometer Thurstons are actually William or Dylan: most of them are just isotopic to William or Dylan.
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