Systole functions and Weil-Petersson geometry

DOI10.1007/S00208-023-02679-7MaRDI QIDQ6443469zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Yunhui Wu

Publication date 12 July 2023

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1007/s00208-023-02679-7

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Teichmüller theory for Riemann surfaces (30F60) Moduli of Riemann surfaces, Teichmüller theory (complex-analytic aspects in several variables) (32G15)

Abstract: A basic feature of Teichm"uller theory of Riemann surfaces is the interplay of two dimensional hyperbolic geometry, the behavior of geodesic-length functions and Weil-Petersson geometry. Let $mathcal{T}_g$ $(ggeq2)$ be the Teichm"uller space of closed Riemann surfaces of genus $g$. Our goal in this paper is to study the gradients of geodesic-length functions along systolic curves. We show that their $L^p$ $(1leqpleqinfty)$-norms at every hyperbolic surface $Xinmathcal{T}_g$ are uniformly comparable to $el{l}_{sys}(X{)}^{frac1p}$ where $el{l}_{sys}(X)$ is the systole of $X$. As an application, we show that the minimal Weil-Petersson holomorphic sectional curvature at every hyperbolic surface $Xinmathcal{T}_g$ is bounded above by a uniform negative constant independent of $g$, which negatively answers a question of M. Mirzakhani. Some other applications to the geometry of $mathcal{T}_g$ will also be discussed.

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