Comparing invariant distances and conformal metrics on Riemann surfaces
type: Item
instance of: scholarly article
title: Comparing invariant distances and conformal metrics on Riemann surfaces
zbMATH Open document ID: 1005.30033
DOI: 10.1007/BF02809900
author: David Herrron
author: D. Minda
published in: Israel Journal of Mathematics
publication date: 2002-04-09T00:00:00Z
review text: Various types of distances or metrics are defined on a Riemann surface \(X\) in terms of bounded or positive harmonic functions. The authors prove sharp inequalities comparing the hyperbolic distance \(d_X\) (or the hyperbolic metric) to these distances (metrics). In case the surface is simply connected, it is proved that the above inequalities are identities. For the non-simply connected case, the cases of equality are precisely determined. A typical result of the paper is the following: Let \(b_X(x,y)=\sup |u(x)-u(y)|\), the supremum being taken over all harmonic functions on \(X\) with \(0<u<1\). Then \[ b_X(x,y)\leq \tfrac{8}{\pi} \arctan (\tanh (d_X(x,y)/2)). \] If \(X\) is not simply connected and equality holds, then \(X\) is (up to conformal equivalence) an annulus and \(x,y\) are symmetric about the circle of symmetry.
reviewed by: Dimitrios Betsakos
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 30F45
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 30C80
zbMATH DE Number: 1611092
zbMATH Keywords: Riemann surface
zbMATH Keywords: conformal metric
zbMATH Keywords: hyperbolic metric
zbMATH Keywords: Harnack distance
zbMATH Keywords: harmonic distance
zbMATH Keywords: Schwarz lemma
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