A variational proof for the existence of a conformal metric with preassigned negative Gaussian curvature for compact Riemann surfaces of genus >1

DOI10.1007/BF02829615MaRDI QIDQ1348754zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Rukmini Dey

Publication date 16 June 2002

Published in Proceedings of the Indian Academy of Sciences. Mathematical Sciences (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/math/0112203

zbMATH Keywords

prescribed Gaussian curvatureRiemann surfacesuniformization theorem

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Global Riemannian geometry, including pinching (53C20)

Abstract: Given an smooth function $K<0$ we prove a result by Berger, Kazhdan and others that in every conformal class there exists a metric which attains this function as its Gaussian curvature for a compact Riemann surface of genus $g>1$. We do so by minimizing an appropriate functional using elementary analysis. In particular for $K$ a negative constant, this provides an elementary proof of the uniformization theorem for compact Riemann surfaces of genus $g>1$.

Review text

Let \(M\) be a compact Riemann surface of genus \(g\) at least \(2\) and let \(K\) be an arbitrary smooth function on \(M\) with \(K<0\). The authors show that in every conformal class exists a metric which attains this function as its Gaussian curvature. This result was first proved by \textit{M. S. Berger} [J. Differ. Geom. 5, 325-332 (1971; Zbl 0222.53042)] and by \textit{J. L. Kazhdan} and \textit{F. W. Warner} [Ann. Math. (2) 99, 14-47 (1974; Zbl 0273.53034)]; the present proof is variational in result and uses analytic techniques - i.e. the existence of a Green's operator for the Laplacian.

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