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Conformally converting cusps to cones

Author(s): Christopher M. Judge
Journal: Conform. Geom. Dyn. 2 (1998), 107-113.
MSC (1991): Primary 30F10; Secondary 35J60, 53A30
Posted: December 8, 1998
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Abstract: Conformal deformations of hyperbolic surfaces with conical singularities are shown to be real-analytic. The first nontrivial term in the power series expansion around a cusped surface is shown to be a multiple of the Eisenstein series $E_2$.


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Additional Information:

Christopher M. Judge
Affiliation: Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana
Email: cjudge@poincare.math.indiana.edu

DOI: 10.1090/S1088-4173-98-00024-1
PII: S 1088-4173(98)00024-1
Keywords: Eisenstein series, hyperbolic surface
Received by editor(s): January 20, 1998
Received by editor(s) in revised form: November 16, 1998
Posted: December 8, 1998
Additional Notes: Manuscript preparation supported in part by NSF DMS 9304580 (IAS) and an NSF postdoctoral fellowship
Copyright of article: Copyright 1998, American Mathematical Society


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