Surface homeomorphisms with zero-dimensional singular set

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Abstract: We prove that if f is an orientation-preserving homeomorphism of a closed orientable surface M whose singular set is totally disconnected, then f is topologically conjugate to a conformal transformation.


The purpose of this paper is to give a complete exposition of Kérékjártó's theory, i.e. to give necessary and sufficient conditions for an orientation-preserving surface homeomorphism to be conjugate to a conformal isomorphism. Moreover, the authors also consider the case of an orientation-reversing homeomorphisms of nonorientable closed surfaces and surfaces with boundary, orientable or not. As a result the authors present the remarkable fact: a homeomorphism of a surface with negative Euler characteristic is always periodic if its singular set is totally disconnected.



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