Weil-Petersson metric on the universal Teichmuller space I: Curvature properties and Chern forms

dc.creatorTakhtajan, Leon A.
dc.creatorTeo, Lee-Peng
dc.date2003-12-08
dc.date2004-06-21
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-07T05:03:40Z
dc.date.available2026-07-07T05:03:40Z
dc.descriptionWe prove that the universal Teichmuller space T(1) carries a new structure of a complex Hilbert manifold. We show that the connected component of the identity of T(1), the Hilbert submanifold T_{0}(1), is a topological group. We define a Weil-Petersson metric on T(1) by Hilbert space inner products on tangent spaces, compute its Riemann curvature tensor, and show that T(1) is a Kahler-Einstein manifold with negative Ricci and sectional curvatures. We introduce and compute Mumford-Miller-Morita characteristic forms for the vertical tangent bundle of the universal Teichmuller curve fibration over the universal Teichmuller space. As an application, we derive Wolpert curvature formulas for the finite-dimensional Teichmuller spaces from the formulas for the universal Teichmuller space.
dc.description70 pages, appendix A added
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/math/0312172
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/math/0312172
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/69517
dc.subjectComplex Variables
dc.subjectHigh Energy Physics - Theory
dc.subjectDifferential Geometry
dc.subject30F60 (Primary) 32G15, 46E20, 58B20, 58B25 (Secondary)
dc.titleWeil-Petersson metric on the universal Teichmuller space I: Curvature properties and Chern forms
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