Conformal extension of metrics of negative curvature

DOI10.1007/BF02788787MaRDI QIDQ1880930zbMATH OpenFDO

Authors Dan Mangoubi

Publication date 27 September 2004

Published in Journal d'Analyse Mathématique (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/math/0202249

zbMATH Keywords

conformal metrichyperbolic metrichyperbolic Riemann surface

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Conformal metrics (hyperbolic, Poincaré, distance functions) (30F45) Methods of global Riemannian geometry, including PDE methods; curvature restrictions (53C21)

Abstract: We consider the problem of extending a conformal metric of negative curvature, given outside a neighbourhood of 0 in the unit disk $DD$, to a conformal metric of negative curvature in $DD$. We give conditions under which such an extension is possible, and also give obstructions to such an extension. The methods we use are based on a maximum principle and the Ahlfors--Schwarz Lemma. We apply these considerations to compactification of Riemann surfaces.

Review text

Let \(ds^*\) be the complete hyperbolic metric on the punctured disk \(\mathbb{D}^*= \mathbb{D}\setminus\{0\}\), and let \(R\) be a region in \(\mathbb{D}\) which contains \(0\). The author considers the problem of extending \(ds^*\) from \(\mathbb{D}\setminus R\) to a conformal metric of negative curvature in \(\mathbb{D}\). A necessary condition for existence of such an extension comes from the Gauss-Bonnet theorem. When \(R= \{|z|< r\}\), the condition takes the form \(\log r>-1\) and is shown to be sufficient as well; certain bounds for the curvature of such an extension are found. In the general situation the Gauss-Bonnet condition is no longer sufficient, even when the conformality condition is dropped, which is demonstrated by several ingeresting examples.

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