%0 Journal Article %T Incompressible surfaces and spunnormal form %A Genevieve S. Walsh %J Mathematics %D 2005 %I arXiv %X Suppose M is a cusped finite-volume hyperbolic 3-manifold and T is an ideal triangulation of M with essential edges. We show that any incompressible surface S in M that is not a virtual fiber can be isotoped into spunnormal form in T . The proof is based directly on ideas of W. Thurston. %U http://arxiv.org/abs/math/0503027v3