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Let \(R_\rho\) be a Riemann surface with hyperbolic metric \(\rho\). Let \(\|\;\|_1\) (resp. \(\|\;\|_\infty)\) denote the \(L^1\)-norm (resp. the hyperbolic \(L^\infty\)-norm) on the vector space of quadratic differentials on \(R_\rho\). Let \(A_1(R)\) (resp. \(A_\infty(R))\) denote the subspace of bounded differentials with respect to \(\|\;\|_1\) (resp, \(\|\;\|_\infty)\). If \(A_1(R)\subset A_\infty(R)\), the identity map is a bounded linear operator from \(A_1(R)\) to \(A_\infty(R)\). Let \(\kappa(\rho)\) denote the corresponding finite operator norm. On the other hand let \({\mathcal S}_R\) denote the set of homotopy classes of simple closed curves on \(R_\rho\) not contractible to a point nor a puncture. For any \(\alpha\in{\mathcal S}_R\) let \(E_\rho (\alpha)\) denote the extremal length of the homotopy class of \(\alpha\). Finally define invariants \(\nu(\rho): =\sup(E_\rho (\alpha)/l_g (\alpha)^2)\) and \(\lambda(\rho) =\inf l_\rho (\alpha)\), the sup, resp. inf, being taken over all \(\alpha\in {\mathcal S}_R\). Then the main result of the paper is the following theorem: There exist universal constants \(r_0\) and \(r_1\) such that \(1/\pi\lambda (\rho)\leq\nu (\rho) \leq\kappa (\rho) \leq \max\{\nu_0/ \lambda(\rho),r_1\}\). For the entire collection see [Zbl 0903.00037].