Menasco , applying Thurston 's hyperbolization theorem for Haken manifolds , showed that any prime , non-split alternating link is hyperbolic , i.e. the link complement has a hyperbolic geometry , .
The link is a torus link .
Menasco , applying Thurston 's hyperbolization theorem for Haken manifolds , showed that any prime , non-split alternating link is hyperbolic , i.e. the link complement has a hyperbolic geometry , unless the link is a torus link .