On the intersection form of surfaces

DOI10.1007/S00229-013-0615-0MaRDI QIDQ2436628zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Daniel Massart, Bjoern Muetzel

Publication date 25 February 2014

Published in Manuscripta Mathematica (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1302.4692

zbMATH Keywords

hyperbolic surfaceintersection formmoduli of Riemann surfacesstable normsystole

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Differentials on Riemann surfaces (30F30) Moduli of Riemann surfaces, Teichmüller theory (complex-analytic aspects in several variables) (32G15) Global Riemannian geometry, including pinching (53C20) Geodesics in global differential geometry (53C22)

Abstract: Given a closed, oriented surface M, the algebraic intersection of closed curves induces a symplectic form Int(.,.) on the first homology group of M. If M is equipped with a Riemannian metric g, the first homology group of M inherits a norm, called the stable norm. We study the norm of the bilinear form Int(.,.), with respect to the stable norm.

Review text

The intersection form \(\operatorname {Int}\) of a closed, oriented surface \(M\) is a nondegenerate, skew symmetric, bilinear form on the first homology group \(H_1(M,R)\) which measures the algebraic intersection number of two homology classes. When \(M\) is provided with a Riemannian metric \(g\), the metric induces a norm \(\| \cdot\| _s\), called the stable norm, on \(H_1(M,R)\) which measures the length of the homology classes. One defines the norm of the intersection form relative to the stable norm through the formula \[ K(M,g) = \sup \left\{ {\operatorname{Int}(h_1,h_2) \over \| h_1\|_s\| h_2\|_s } : h_1,h_2 \in H_1(M,R)\backslash\{0\}\right\}. \] In this paper, the authors find upper and lower bounds on \(K(M,g)\) in terms of other invariants of the topology and geometry of \((M,g)\). They find bounds involving the diameter, 1-dimensional systole, and area of \((M,g)\) for general metrics, and bounds involving the systole and the genus for hyperbolic metrics.

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