The moduli space of Riemann surfaces is Kähler hyperbolic

DOI10.2307/121120MaRDI QIDQ1972077zbMATH OpenOpenAlexWikidataFDO

Authors Curtis T. McMullen

Publication date 14 May 2001

Published in Annals of Mathematics. Second Series (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/math/0010022, https://eudml.org/doc/121867, http://www.math.princeton.edu/~annals/issues/2000/151_1.html

zbMATH Keywords

Bers embeddinghyperbolic manifoldsmoduli space of Riemann surfacesTeichmüller space

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Families, moduli of curves (algebraic) (14H10) Riemann surfaces; Weierstrass points; gap sequences (14H55) Moduli of Riemann surfaces, Teichmüller theory (complex-analytic aspects in several variables) (32G15) Kähler manifolds (32Q15)

Abstract: Let $c{M}_{g,n}$ be the moduli space of Riemann surfaces of genus $g$ with $n$ punctures. From a complex perspective, moduli space is hyperbolic. For example, $c{M}_{g,n}$ is abundantly populated by immersed holomorphic disks of constant curvature -1 in the Teichm"uller (=Kobayashi) metric. When $r=di{m}_{cx}c{M}_{g,n}$ is greater than one, however, $c{M}_{g,n}$ carries no complete metric of bounded negative curvature. Instead, Dehn twists give chains of subgroups $ze{d}^{r}subsetp{i}_1(c{M}_{g,n})$ reminiscent of flats in symmetric spaces of rank $r>1$. In this paper we introduce a new K"ahler metric on moduli space that exhibits its hyperbolic tendencies in a form compatible with higher rank.

Review text

Let \({\mathcal M}_{g,n}\) be the moduli space of \(n\)-pointed Riemann surfaces of genus \(g\). The Teichmüller space \({\mathcal T}_{g,n}\) is the universal cover of \({\mathcal M}_{g,n}\). \({\mathcal T}_{g,n}\) has two natural metrics: the Teichmüller metric and the Weil-Petersson metric (defined using the hyperbolic metric on the surface). The Teichmüller metric is complete but it is not Riemannian when \(\dim {\mathcal T}_{g,n}>1\). On the other hand, the Weil-Petersson metric is Kähler but it is not complete. The main result of the paper says that the Teichmüller metric on the moduli space \({\mathcal M}_{g,n}\) is comparable to a Kähler metric which is Kähler hyperbolic in the sense of \textit{M. Gromov} [see J. Differ. Geom. 33, No. 1, 263-292 (1991; Zbl 0719.53042)]. This theorem has several nice applications, e.g., the following complex isoperimetric inequality. There exists a linear bound for the volume of any even-dimensional compact submanifold of \({\mathcal T}_{g,n}\) in terms of the volume of the boundary. Let \({\mathcal M}_{g,n}\) be the moduli space of \(n\)-pointed Riemann surfaces of genus \(g\). The Teichmüller space \({\mathcal T}_{g,n}\) is the universal cover of \({\mathcal M}_{g,n}\). \({\mathcal T}_{g,n}\) has two natural metrics: the Teichmüller metric and the Weil-Petersson metric (defined using the hyperbolic metric on the surface).

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