Behavior of geodesic-length functions on Teichmüller space

DOI10.4310/JDG/1211512642zbMATH Open1147.30032arXivmath/0701556OpenAlexW2149288764WikidataQ115194713 ScholiaQ115194713MaRDI QIDQ930643FDOQ930643

Scott A. Wolpert

Publication date: 1 July 2008

Published in: Journal of Differential Geometry (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: Let $mathcalT$ be the Teichm"{u}ller space of marked genus $g$, $n$ punctured Riemann surfaces with its bordification $Tbar$ the {em augmented Teichm"{u}ller space} of marked Riemann surfaces with nodes, cite{Abdegn, Bersdeg}. Provided with the WP metric $Tbar$ is a complete CAT(0) metric space, cite{DW2, Wlcomp, Yam2}. An invariant of a marked hyperbolic structure is the length $el{l}_{alpha}$ of the geodesic $alpha$ in a free homotopy class. A basic feature of Teichm"{u}ller theory is the interplay of two-dimensional hyperbolic geometry, Weil-Petersson (WP) geometry and the behavior of geodesic-length functions. Our goal is to develop the understanding of the intrinsic local WP geometry through a study of the gradient and Hessian of geodesic-length functions. Considerations include expansions for the WP pairing of gradients, expansions for the Hessian and covariant derivative, comparability models for the WP metric, as well as the behavior of WP geodesics including a description of the Alexandrov tangent cone at the augmentation. Approximations and applications for geodesics close to the augmentation are developed. An application for fixed points of group actions is described. Bounding configurations and functions on the hyperbolic plane is basic to our approach. Considerations include analyzing the orbit of a discrete group of isometries and bounding sums of the inverse square exponential-distance.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/math/0701556

zbMATH Keywords

moduli spaceRiemann surfaceWeil-Petersson metricBeltrami differentialnodeaugmented Teichmüller space

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Teichmüller theory for Riemann surfaces (30F60) Deformations of complex structures (32G05) Moduli of Riemann surfaces, Teichmüller theory (complex-analytic aspects in several variables) (32G15) Geodesics in global differential geometry (53C22) Differentials on Riemann surfaces (30F30)

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