Asymptotic flatness of the Weil-Petersson metric on Teichmüller space

DOI10.1007/S10711-003-0816-XzbMATH Open1069.32004arXivmath/0312419OpenAlexW1971448445MaRDI QIDQ1775136FDOQ1775136

Authors: Zheng Huang 

Publication date: 4 May 2005

Published in: Geometriae Dedicata (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: The sectional curvature of the Weil-Petersson metric on Teichmuller space is known to be negative. We show that this Weil-Petersson sectional curvature is not pinched from above by any negative constants, i.e., there is no negative upper bound.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/math/0312419

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zbMATH Keywords

asymptotic behavior of the sectional curvature of Weil-Petersson metric on Teichmueller space of Riemann surfaces

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Teichmüller theory for Riemann surfaces (30F60) Moduli of Riemann surfaces, Teichmüller theory (complex-analytic aspects in several variables) (32G15) Methods of global Riemannian geometry, including PDE methods; curvature restrictions (53C21)

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