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Weil–Petersson Teichmüller Theory of Surfaces of Infinite Conformal Type

In: In the Tradition of Thurston III

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  • Eric Schippers

    (University of Manitoba, Department of Mathematics)

  • Wolfgang Staubach

    (Uppsala University, Department of Mathematics)

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Over the past two decades the theory of the Weil–Petersson metric has been extended to general Teichmüller spaces of infinite type, including for example the universal Teichmüller space. In this chapter we give a survey of the main results in the Weil–Petersson geometry of infinite-dimensional Teichmüller spaces. This includes the rigorous definition of complex Hilbert manifold structures, Kähler geometry and global analysis, and generalizations of the period mapping. We also discuss the motivations of the theory in representation theory and physics beginning in the 1980s. Some examples of the appearance of Weil–Petersson Teichmüller space in other fields such as fluid mechanics and two-dimensional conformal field theory are also provided.

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  • Eric Schippers & Wolfgang Staubach, 2024. "Weil–Petersson Teichmüller Theory of Surfaces of Infinite Conformal Type," Springer Books, in: Ken’ichi Ohshika & Athanase Papadopoulos (ed.), In the Tradition of Thurston III, chapter 0, pages 169-247, Springer.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:sprchp:978-3-031-43502-7_6
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-43502-7_6
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