Horospheres in Teichmüller space and mapping class group (Q6114294)

For a Riemann surface \(S\) of genus \(g\ge 2\) with \(n\) punctures with \(3g-3+n\ge 2\), let \(T(S)\) denote the Teichmüller space of \(S\). In this paper the authors study the geometry of the Teichmüller space \(T(S)\) endowed with the Teichmüller metric. They prove that every \(C^1\)-diffeomorphism of \(T(S)\) to itself that preserves horospheres is (induced by) an element of the extended mapping class group. As an application, they obtain a new proof of Royden's Theorem that the isometry group of \(T(S)\) is the extended mapping class group.