%0 Journal Article %T Number of Least Area Planes in Gromov Hyperbolic 3-Spaces %A Baris Coskunuzer %J Mathematics %D 2008 %I arXiv %R 10.1090/S0002-9939-10-10308-6 %X We show that for a generic simple closed curve C in the asymptotic boundary of a Gromov hyperbolic 3-space with cocompact metric X, there exist a unique least area plane P in X with asymptotic boundary C. This result has interesting topological applications for constructions of canonical 2-dimensional objects in 3-manifolds. %U http://arxiv.org/abs/0805.1978v1