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The length is bounded
Let $\Sigma$ be a surface of finite type. Let $\mathcal{S}$ be the set of non-trivial isotopy classes of simple closed curves on $\Sigma$. One denotes by $l_x(\alpha)$ the infimal length of curves in ...
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The Teichmüller space $T_g$ of a closed riemann surface $S_g$ of genus $g \geq 2$ can't be parametrized by $6g−6$ geodesic length functions
I asked this question almost a month ago on Math SE. After waiting three weeks for an answer or a comment, I opened a bounty on the question in hope that it might get an answer this way. The bounty ...
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When do two measured foliations on a surface define a Riemann surface structure?
Let $S$ be smooth surface of finite type, i.e. it has genus g and n punctures (assume $S$ to have negative Euler characteristic). We know by Hubbard-Masur theorem that given a measured foliation $(F,\...
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Measured geodesic laminations have either discrete or Cantor set local cross-sections
I'm reading through Kerckhoff's paper "The Nielsen Realization Problem": https://www.jstor.org/stable/2007076.
In section 1, after he defines measured geodesic laminations, he makes the ...
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Some basic questions about the proof of Teichmuller's uniqueness theorem
I was studying the proof of Teichmuller's uniqueness theorem from the note/book " A Primer on Mapping Class Groups " by Farb-Margalit and I got struck at a couple of points, mainly because I ...
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Why is the Teichmüller space of a surface homeomorphic to a component of the $\mathrm{PSL} (2, \mathbb R)$ character variety of its fundamental group?
$\DeclareMathOperator\Hom{Hom}\DeclareMathOperator\PSL{PSL}$
I have a reference request for a proof for the following statement in the title:
The Teichmüller space $T_g$ of the surface $S_g$ of genus ...
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Expansion of metric near boundary of 3 dimensional Poincaré-Einstein/hyperbolic manifolds
In Mazzeo-Alexakis, there is a brief discussion that if $(M^3,g) \sim \mathbb{H}^3/\Gamma$ (for $\Gamma$ convex cocompact), then the metric can be expanded near the topological boundary as
$$g = \frac{...
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What is / are the softwares to use to draw surfaces of the form of a two or three-holed torus , or torus, or torus with cusps attached to it?
I am trying to draw surfaces with complete hyperbolic structures and surfaces which are topologically tori. The hyperbolic surfaces I need to draw are torus with one or two holes on it, or torus with ...
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Representation determined by traces
A discrete, faithful representation of a surface group $G:\pi_1(S_g) \to PSL_2(\mathbb{R})$ is determined, up to conjugacy by $PGL_2(\mathbb R)$, among such representations by the squares of traces of ...
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Intersection of orbits of earthquake flow on Teichmüller space
Let $\Sigma$ be a closed oriented surface of genus $g\geq2$. We consider $\mu$ and $\nu$ two filling measured laminations on $\Sigma$. (We say that $\mu$ and $\nu$ fill $\Sigma$ if $\Sigma\setminus(\...
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Further directions in representations of surface group into a Lie group
$\DeclareMathOperator\SL{SL}\DeclareMathOperator\PSL{PSL}$I studied the interpretation of Teichmuller space as a representation space for surface groups in $\PSL(2,\mathbb{R})$.
Now I am planning to ...
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Questions on Thurston's metric on Teichmüller space
I'm reading the famous "Minimal stretch maps between hyperbolic surfaces" by William Thurston and I'm trying to understand the key theorem 8.1. I have many unclear points so I hope someone can help me ...
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Converse to Wolpert's Lemma
Recall Wolpert's lemma:
Let X,Y be hyperbolic surfaces and $f:X\to Y$ a $K$-quasiconformal homeomorphism. For any homotopy class of curves $c$ let $\ell(c)$ denote the length of the geodesic in the ...
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Fenchel-Nielsen length-length coordinates on Teichmueller space?
Let $S$ be closed hyperbolic surface with genus $g\geq 2$. Let $Teich(S)$ be the Teichmueller space of $S$. It's well known that $Teich(S)$ is diffeomorphic to a (6g-6)-dimensional cell, where a ...
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Best source for classification of right-angled hyperbolic hexagons
A standard fact that underlies the Fenchel-Nielsen coordinates on Teichmuller space is the fact that for all triples $(a,b,c)$ of positive real numbers, there exists a unique hyperbolic hexagon whose ...
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Explicit check of the invariance of the Weil-Petersson form
Using Fenchel-Nielsen coordinates, the Weil-Petersson metric can be written as
$\omega_{WP} = \sum_{i} d\ell_i \wedge d \tau_i,$
where $i$ is an index labelling the curves of a pants decomposition of ...
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Learning roadmap for Lorentzian geometry
I am asked the question in MSE, but did not get an answer. I hope that this question is appropriate for MOF.
I am interested in Hyperbolic Geometry and its significance in low dimensional geometry (...
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References on Hyperbolic Geometry and Teichmuller Theory
I am asking a soft question here.
I am learning hyperbolic geometry on my own. Recently, I have completed the book "Fuchsian Groups" by Svetlana Katok. Also, I have background in Lee's three ...
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References on Riemann surfaces
I have asked the question in MSE, but did not get an answer.
I am asking a soft question here. I am interested in learning about Hyperbolic Geometry. I have read the book named "Fuchsian Groups&...
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Cutting up the Bring surface into six pairs of pants
The Bring sextic, with 120 automorphisms, is the numerically most symmetric compact Riemann surface of genus 4. To cut it up into six pairs of pants, we need to cut along nine disjoint geodesic loops....
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Relating different parametrizations of moduli space of Riemann surfaces
I would like to understand, as explicitly as possible, how different coordinates on the moduli space of Riemann surfaces are related:
On the one hand, there is a parametrization coming from hyperbolic ...
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Reference for openness of subspace of PSL(2,R) representation variety corresponding to Teichmüller space
$\DeclareMathOperator\PSL{PSL}\DeclareMathOperator\Hom{Hom}$Let $S$ be a compact oriented surface with nonempty boundary. There are two variants of Teichmuller space for $S$ you might consider:
The ...
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When do the lengths of simple closed curves determine a hyperbolic surface?
Consider hyperbolic metrics on $\Sigma_g$ a closed orientable surface of genus $g$. Let $[\gamma_1] , \cdots, [\gamma_n]$ be a finite collection of isotopy classes of simple closed curves on $\Sigma_g$...
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Weil-Petersson metric with respect to covering
Let $S$ be a closed oriented surface of genus $g\geq 2$. Consider the Teichmuller space $T(S)$. Let $d_t$ be the Teichmuller metric and $d_{WP}$ be the Weil-Petersson metric on $T(S)$. Let $P:S_1\...
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Number of Fuchsian groups with same trace field
Let $\Gamma,\Sigma\subset \mathrm{SL}_2({\mathbb R})$ be cocompact arithmetic subgroups. They are called commensurable in the wider sense, if there exists
$g\in \mathrm{SL}_2({\mathbb R})$, such that ...
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Coordinates for Laminations: geometric versus shear
Let $S$ be an orientable surface with a triangulation T.
A lamination $\ell$ is a simple closed curve on $S$, up to isotopy. We will assume that $\ell$ is drawn in such a way that it intersects the ...
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Purely analytic proof of the Nielsen-Thurston classification theorem
I hope this question is appropriate for the site. I've been looking at the expositions of Bers' proof of the Nielsen-Thurston classification given in Hubbard's Teichmüller Theory
and Applications to ...
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Moduli, Teichmüller spaces and mapping class group of a sphere with four punctures
In the complex analytic setting, it is easy to see that the moduli space of a sphere with four punctures is $\mathcal{M}=\mathbb{CP}^1 / { 0,1,\infty }$, since I can use a Moebius transformation to ...
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Effect of plumbing a surface on the marked length spectrum
First I'll recall the plumbing procedure.
Let $M$ be a noded Riemann surface with nodes $p_1,\dots, p_n$. There is a family of pairwise disjoint neighbourhoods of each node $U_i$ that has coordinates ...
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Bers' simultaneous uniformization
I have been trying to understand Bers' famous paper "Simultaneous Uniformization". Regarding this paper I have a few questions. Any kind of help will be appreciated.
Let $S$ and $S^{'}$ be two ...
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Bound on the distance from points to the boundary of a hyperbolic surface
Fix $\epsilon\in\mathbb{R}_{>0}$, $\Sigma$ a surface with boundary and let $\mathcal{T}_{\Sigma}(L_{1},...,L_{n})$ denote the Teichmüller space of hyperbolic structures of $\Sigma$ with geodesic ...
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Teichmuller space for surface with cone points
Working on my current research problem, Teichmuller spaces for surfaces with cone points have come into play. It's fairly easy to formulate some of the definitions, a few basic results, etc. To be ...
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A regularity question on the Beltrami equation $ f_\bar{z} =\mu . f_z$ on $D$
Hello,
This question is related to Chapter V, lemma 3 on page 54 of Lars Ahlfors' 'Lectures on Quasiconformal mappings' which states :
If $\mu:\mathbb{C}\to \mathbb{D} \in W^{1,p}(\mathbb{C}), p ...
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How was the pair of pants introduced [closed]
There are many results mentioned pairs of pants, and it seems to be a classical model. Why are the pairs of pants so useful?
For example, does it have any application if we estimate the perimeter or ...
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Geodesic current supported on a pencil?
Consider a geodesic current $\mu$ on a closed surface $\Sigma$, as defined by Bonahon ("The Geometry of Teichmüller space via geodesic currents"). These are $\pi_1(\Sigma)$-invariant measures on the ...
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Real section of moduli space of Riemann surfaces
In (https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/002240499390049Y) it is mentioned the real section of the moduli space of Riemann surfaces of genus 0. It can be intuitively defined as a subset ...
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Ending lamination theorem
Let $M$ a compact manifold with surfaces $S_1,...,S_p$ as boundaries. Let us suppose that $M$ admits a complete hyperbolic structure. Then, from the ending lamination theorem, given either laminations ...
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Are pseudo-Anosov foliations dense?
A pseudo-Anosov foliation of a compact orientable surface $F$ is a one whose class in the space $\mathcal{PMF}(F)$ of projective measured foliations is preserved by some pseudo-Anosov homeomorphism of ...
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Mapping-Class Groups of Subsurfaces of a Hyperbolic Surface
If $\mathcal{R}'$ is a closed subsurface of a hyperbolic surface $\mathcal{R}$, then there is an inclusion homomorphism between the mapping class groups:
$$\text{Mod}(\mathcal{R}')\longrightarrow \...
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If $i(x,z)\neq 0$ and if $y$ is conjugate of $x$, then what can we say about $i(x*y,z)$?
Let $S_g$ denote the closed oriented surface of genus $g\geq 2$. Let $x,y$ be two different (upto fixed base point homotopy) but freely homotopic curves, i.e. $y$ is a non-trivial element from a ...
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Hyperbolic Metric on a Riemann Surface
From uniformization theorem, it is known that every conformal class of metrics on a genus-$g$ Riemann surface with $n$ punctures such that $2g+n\ge 3$ contains a unique hyperbolic metric. The ...
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Riemann Theta Function On Hyperbolic Riemann Surfaces
The Riemann theta function for a genus $g$ closed Riemann surface with period matrix $\tau=[\tau_{ij}]$ is defined by
$$\theta(\{z_1,\cdots,z_g\}|\tau)=\Sigma_{n\in\mathbb{Z}^g}e^{\pi i(n\cdot\tau\...
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Generalized McShane Identity for Closed Riemann Surfaces
There is an identity for the hyperbolic Riemann surfaces with at least one border. The identity is known as Generalized McShane Identity or Mirzakhani-McShane Identity proved by Mirzakhani in her ...
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Teichmuller Space of a Disk with Holes and Boundary Punctures
If we consider a disk $D$ with $h$ holes and $n$ punctures on the boundary of the disk, then:
Is there a uniformization theorem for such surfaces?
What is the condition on $h$ and $n$ such that we ...
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Geometric intersection number for product of elements of the fundamental group
Let $F$ be a hyperbolic surface and $p\in F$ be a point. Consider $\pi_1(F,p)$, the fundamental group of $F$ with base point $p$. Let $x,y\in \pi_1(F,p)$ and $z$ be a simple closed curve in $F$ such ...
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Uniformizations of the bordered/punctured Riemann surfaces
The uniformization theorems of Riemann surfaces state that any Riemann surface can be constructed by an action of some group on some space. It is quite hard to find materials relating different ...
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Pseudo-Anosov maps with same dilatation.
Let $S$ be a hyperbolic surface. Suppose $\mathcal{T}$ denotes the Teichmuller space of $S$ and $Mod(S)$ denotes the mapping class group of $S$. Given any pseudo-Anosov element $f\in Mod(S)$, suppose $...
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Teichmüller space on non-orientable closed surfaces
It is known that any closed orientable surface of genus $g \geq 2$ admits a hyperbolic metric, and the Teichmüller space of such metrics has dimension $6g - 6$. I was wondering if there is a ...
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Change of length of curve when Fenchel-Nielsen length coordinate increase
Let $F$ be a hyperbolic surface of finite type. Suppose $\alpha$ is a simple closed geodesic and $\beta$ is any closed geodesic intersecting $\alpha$. Consider a Fenchel-Nielsen coordinate of the ...
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Uniform continuity of length function on geodesic currents
I'm starting to study geodesic currents and I have a question concerning uniform continuity.
Let's take $S$ a closed surface of genus $g$ and $GC(S)$ the space of geodesic currents on $S$ (as it is ...
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