An explicit upper bound for Weil-Petersson volumes of the moduli spaces of punctured Riemann surfaces (Q5949430)

In his paper, the author obtains an explicit upper bound for the Weil-Petersson volume of a punctured surface. The proof is based on the combinatorial techniques for decorated Teichmüller theory that were introduced by \textit{R. C. Penner} in his paper [J. Differ. Geom. 35, No. 3, 559-608 (1992; Zbl 0768.32016)]. The author obtains the following formula : Given a Riemann surface of genus \(g\) with \(n\) punctures, let \({\mathcal M}_{g,n}\) be its moduli space and \(\text{vol}_{WP}({\mathcal M}_{g,n})\) its Weil-Petersson volume. Then, for \(n\) fixed, we have \[ \lim_{g\to\infty}{\ln \text{vol}_{g,n}({\mathcal M})_{g,n}\over g \ln g}\leq 2, \] and for \(n=1\) the limit is equal to 2.