Canonical Metrics on the Moduli Space of Riemann Surfaces I

2004/03/03 by Kefeng Liu, Liu, Kefeng, Xiaofeng Sun +3 · 1 citation
Mathematics · #Complex Variables (math.CV) #Differential Geometry (math.DG) #FOS: Mathematics #math.CV #math.DG

paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.math/0403068

42 pages

arxiv created 2004/03/03 · arxiv updated 2009/12/01

Abstract

We prove the equivalences of several classical complete metrics on the Teichmüller and the moduli spaces of Riemann surfaces. We use as bridge two new Kähler metrics, the Ricci metric and the perturbed Ricci metric and prove that the perturbed Ricci metric is a complete Kähler metric with bounded negative holomorphic sectional curvature and bounded bisectional and Ricci curvature. As consequences we prove that these two new metrics are equivalent to several famous classical metrics, which inlcude the Teichmüller metric, therefore the Kabayashi metric, the Kähler-Einstein metric and the McMullen metric. This also solves a conjecture of Yau in the early 80s.

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