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Trace coordinates of Teichmüller space of Riemann surfaces of signature $(0,4)$

Authors:

Thomas Gauglhofer and Klaus-Dieter Semmler

Journal:

Conform. Geom. Dyn. 9 (2005), 46-75

MSC (2000):

Primary 32G15, 30F35; Secondary 11F06

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1090/S1088-4173-05-00106-2

Published electronically:

April 26, 2005

MathSciNet review:

2133805

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Abstract:We explicitly give $\mathcal {T}$, the Teichmüller space of four-holed spheres (which we call X pieces) in trace coordinates, as well as its modular group and a fundamental domain for the action of this group on $\mathcal {T}$ which is its moduli space. As a consequence, we see that on any hyperbolic Riemann surface, two closed geodesics of lengths smaller than $2\operatorname {arccosh}(2)$ intersect at most once; two closed geodesics of lengths smaller than $2\operatorname {arccosh}(3)$ are both non-dividing or intersect at most once.

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Thomas Gauglhofer

Affiliation:

EPFL SB IGAT GEOM, Bâtiment MA, Station 8, CH-1015 Lausanne (Switzerland)

Email:

thomas.gauglhofer@epfl.ch

Klaus-Dieter Semmler

Affiliation:

EPFL SB IGAT GEOM, Bâtiment MA, Station 8, CH-1015 Lausanne (Switzerland)

Email:

klaus-dieter.semmler@epfl.ch

Received by editor(s):

September 3, 2003

Received by editor(s) in revised form:

February 8, 2005

Published electronically:

April 26, 2005

Additional Notes:

The authors were supported in part by the Swiss National Science Foundation, SNSF Grant #2100-065270, Teichmüller Spaces in Trace coordinates and Modular groups

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