The Bers embedding and the Weil-Petersson metric

DOI10.1215/S0012-7094-90-06020-XzbMath0746.30033MaRDI QIDQ1813438

Scott A. Wolpert

Publication date: 25 June 1992

Published in: Duke Mathematical Journal (Search for Journal in Brave)

zbMATH Keywords

Teichmüller space; compact Riemann surface; Bers embedding; Weil- Petersson metric; harmonic Beltrami differentials

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

53B35: Local differential geometry of Hermitian and Kählerian structures

30F60: Teichmüller theory for Riemann surfaces

30F30: Differentials on Riemann surfaces

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