Extension of the Weil-Petersson connection (Q999254)

Let \(\mathfrak{T}_{g,n}\) denote the space of marked Riemann surfaces of genus \(g\) with \(n\)-punctures. Weil-Petersson (WP) metric, the geodesic-length functions, and for \(n>0\) the functons with values the distance between unit-length horocycles are quantities associated to hyperbolic metrics on Riemann surfaces. The convexity of the length functions along WP-geodesics is a fundamental property. The author generalizes this property and proves that the distance between horocycles is convex along WP geodesics, too. In particulary, the author proves for surfaces with punctures that the distance between horocycles and WP geodesics are suitably approximated by geodesic lengths and WP geodesics for surfaces without punctures.