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Lengths of simple loops on
surfaces with hyperbolic metrics
Feng Luo and Richard Stong |
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Geometry & Topology 6 (2002) 495–521
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arXiv: math.GT/0211433 |
Abstract |
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Given a compact orientable surface of negative Euler characteristic, there exists a natural pairing between the Teichmüller space of the surface and the set of homotopy classes of simple loops and arcs. The length pairing sends a hyperbolic metric and a homotopy class of a simple loop or arc to the length of geodesic in its homotopy class. We study this pairing function using the Fenchel–Nielsen coordinates on Teichmüller space and the Dehn–Thurston coordinates on the space of homotopy classes of curve systems. Our main result establishes Lipschitz type estimates for the length pairing expressed in terms of these coordinates. As a consequence, we reestablish a result of Thurston–Bonahon that the length pairing extends to a continuous map from the product of the Teichmüller space and the space of measured laminations. |
Keywords
surface, simple loop, hyperbolic metric, Teichmüller space
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Mathematical Subject Classification 2000
Primary: 30F60
Secondary: 57M50, 57N16
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Publication
Received: 20 April 2002
Revised: 19 November 2002
Accepted: 19 November 2002
Published: 22 November 2002
Proposed: David Gabai
Seconded: Jean-Pierre Otal, Joan Birman
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Authors |
| Feng Luo | |
| Department of Mathematics Rutgers University New Brunswick New Jersey 08854 USA |
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| Richard Stong | |
| Department of Mathematics Rice University Houston Texas 77005 USA |
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