The Nielsen realization problem

DOI10.2307/2007076zbMath0528.57008OpenAlexW2327894583WikidataQ29303783 ScholiaQ29303783MaRDI QIDQ5896172

Steven P. Kerckhoff

Publication date: 1983

Published in: Annals of Mathematics. Second Series (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.2307/2007076

zbMATH Keywords

earthquakesmapping class groupgeodesic length function of closed curve on surfaceNielsen realization problem for surfacesone-parameter families of deformations of hyperbolic structuresrealizing of finite subgroup of mapping class group by group of diffeomorphismsTeichmueller space of surface

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Groups acting on specific manifolds (57S25) Compact Riemann surfaces and uniformization (30F10) Moduli of Riemann surfaces, Teichmüller theory (complex-analytic aspects in several variables) (32G15) Finite transformation groups (57S17)

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