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                    " Teichmüller theory in Riemannian geometry "
                    Anthony J. Tromba ; based on lecture notes by Jochen Denzler.
 
 
            
                
                    | Document Type | : | BL |  
                    | Record Number | : | 768014 |  
                    | Doc. No | : | b588000 |  
                    | Main Entry | : | Anthony J. Tromba ; based on lecture notes by Jochen Denzler. |  
                    | Title & Author | : | Teichmüller theory in Riemannian geometry\  Anthony J. Tromba ; based on lecture notes by Jochen Denzler. |  
                    | Publication Statement | : | Basel ; Boston :  Birkhäuser,  1992 |  
                    | Series Statement | : | Lectures in mathematics / ETH Zürich, Department of Mathematics, Research Institute of Mathematics. |  
                    | Page. NO | : | 220 p. ; 24 cm. |  
                    | ISBN | : | 0817627359 |  
                    |  | : | : 3764327359 |  
                    |  | : | : 9780817627355 |  
                    |  | : | : 9783764327354 |  
                    | Contents | : | 0 Mathematical Preliminaries.- 1 The Manifolds of Teichmuller Theory.- 1.1 The Manifolds A and As.- 1.2 The Riemannian Manifolds M and Ms.- 1.3 The Diffeomorphism Ms /? s ? As.- 1.4 Some Differential Operators and their Adjoints.- 1.5 Proof of Poincare's Theorem.- 1.6 The Manifold Ms-1 and the Diffeomorphism with Ms / s.- 2 The Construction of Teichmuller Space.- 2.1 A Rapid Course in Geodesic Theory.- 2.2 The Free Action of D0 on M-1.- 2.3 The Proper Action of D0 on M-1.- 2.4 The Construction of Teichmuller Space.- 2.5 The Principal Bundles of Teichmuller Theory.- 2.6 The Weil-Petersson Metric on T(M).- 3 T(M) is a Cell.- 3.1 Dirichlet's Energy on Teichmuller Space.- 3.2 The Properness of Dirichlet's Energy.- 3.3 Teichmuller Space is a Cell.- 3.4 Topological Implications;  The Contractibility of D0.- 4 The Complex Structure on Teichmuller Space.- 4.1 Almost Complex Principal Fibre Bundles.- 4.2 Abresch-Fischer Holomorphic Coordinates for A.- 4.3 Abresch-Fischer Holomorphic Coordinates for T(M).- 5 Properties of the Weil-Petersson Metric.- 5.1 The Weil-Petersson Metric is Kahler.- 5.2 The Natural Algebraic Connection on A.- 5.3 Further Properties of the Algebraic Connection and the non-Integrability of the Horizontal Distribution on A.- 5.4 The Curvature of Teichmuller Space with Respect to its Weil-Petersson Metric.- 5.5 An Asymptotic Property of Weil-Petersson Geodesies.- 6 The Pluri-Subharmonicity of Dirichlet's Energy on T(M);  T(M) is a Stein-Manifold.- 6.1 Pluri-Subharmonic Functions and Complex Manifolds.- 6.2 Dirichlet's Energy is Strictly Pluri-Subharmonic.- 6.3 Wolf's Form of Dirichlet's Energy on T(M) is Strictly Weil-Petersson Convex.- 6.4 The Nielsen Realization Problem.- A Proof of Lichnerowicz' Formula.- B On Harmonic Maps.- C The Mumford Compactness Theorem.- D Proof of the Collar Lemma.- E The Levi-Form of Dirichlet's Energy.- F Riemann-Roch and the Dimension of Teichmuller Space.- Indexes.- Index of Notation.- A Chart of the Maps Used.- Index of Key Words. |  
                    | Subject | : | énergie Dirichlet. |  
                    | Subject | : | espace Teichmuller. |  
                    | Subject | : | métrique. |  
                    | LC Classification | : | QA331.A584 1992 |  
                    | Added Entry | : | Anthony J Tromba |  
                    |  | : | Jochen Denzler |  |  |