Teichmüller space

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Teichmüller space is a parameter space in complex analysis and geometry that classifies all marked conformal or hyperbolic structures on a given topological surface up to equivalence.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf mathematical concept
moduli space
parameter space
classifies Riemann surface structures up to equivalence
marked conformal structures on a surface
marked hyperbolic structures on a surface
definedFor oriented topological surface of finite type
dimensionOverC 3g-3+n for a surface of genus g with n punctures
dimensionOverR 6g-6+2n for a surface of genus g with n punctures
equivalenceRelation conformal equivalence via isotopy of markings
isotopy class of homeomorphisms to a fixed reference surface
field complex analysis
differential geometry
low-dimensional topology
generalizationOf upper half-plane as Teichmüller space of a torus
hasBoundaryConstruction Bers compactification NERFINISHED
Gardiner–Masur compactification NERFINISHED
Thurston compactification NERFINISHED
hasCoordinateDescription Bers coordinates
Fenchel–Nielsen coordinates NERFINISHED
hasMetric Teichmüller metric NERFINISHED
Weil–Petersson metric NERFINISHED
hasStructure Finsler manifold NERFINISHED
complex manifold
metric space
real-analytic manifold
isConnected true
isContractible true
isSimplyConnected true
isUniversalCoverOf moduli space of Riemann surfaces NERFINISHED
namedAfter Oswald Teichmüller NERFINISHED
quotientBy mapping class group NERFINISHED
quotientGives moduli space of Riemann surfaces NERFINISHED
moduli space of curves
relatedConcept Beltrami differential NERFINISHED
Bers embedding NERFINISHED
Fenchel–Nielsen coordinates NERFINISHED
Weil–Petersson symplectic form NERFINISHED
mapping class group
moduli space of algebraic curves NERFINISHED
quadratic differential
quasiconformal map
studiedBy Lars Ahlfors NERFINISHED
Lipman Bers NERFINISHED
Oswald Teichmüller NERFINISHED
usedIn algebraic geometry
dynamics on moduli spaces
geometric group theory
hyperbolic geometry of surfaces
string theory

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Teichmüller curve definedIn Teichmüller space