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Ryan Budney
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What are some Applications of Teichmuller Theory?

I'm trying to collect some specific examples of applications of Teichmuller Theory. Here are some things I have collected thus far:

  1. No-wandering-domain Theorem (Sullivan)
  2. Theorems of Thurston (Classification of homeomorphism of surfaces, topological characterization of rational maps, hyperbolization theorems for special 3 manifolds)
  3. Computer graphics. (Using the various metrics on the Teichm"uller spaces as a substitute for Gromov-Hausdorff metric.)
  4. String Theory.
  5. Some applications to biology.(Brain morphometry)

Note: I am very sure that this is only a small fraction of what is out there, and I plan to continue to update this list.

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