Curvature and uniformization

DOI10.1007/BF02764082MaRDI QIDQ696295zbMATH OpenWikidataFDO

Authors Rafe Mazzeo, Michael Taylor

Publication date 23 January 2003

Published in Israel Journal of Mathematics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/math/0105016

zbMATH Keywords

curvature equationPoincaré metricRiemann surfaceuniformization

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Compact Riemann surfaces and uniformization (30F10)

Abstract: We approach the problem of uniformization of general Riemann surfaces through consideration of the curvature equation, and in particular the problem of constructing Poincar'e metrics (i.e., complete metrics of constant negative curvature) by solving the equation $Deltau-e^{2u}=K_0(z)$ on general open surfaces. A few other topics are discussed, including boundary behavior of the conformal factor $e^{2u}$ giving the Poincar'e metric when the Riemann surface has smoothly bounded compact closure, and also a curvature equation proof of Koebe's disk theorem.

Review text

This paper takes up a classical theme in the theory of Riemann surfaces, namely that of uniformization. One approach going back to Picard and Poincaré in the 1890s is to use the theory of partial differential equations to find a complete metric conformally equivalent to a given one with constant negative curvature. For various reasons this approach has gone out of favour and most modern textbooks give function-theoretic proofs. The purpose of this paper is to give a full proof (assuming paracompactness, i.e. the Poincaré-Volterra theorem) of the uniformization theorem along these lines from a modern point of view and in a form which would also be suitable for teaching. The authors also discuss questions of regularity at the boundary for an open subset with smooth boundary of a given compact manifold and especially for planar regions. They also give a new proof of Koebe's disc theorem.

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