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Triangulations and homology of Riemann surfaces

Author(s): Peter Buser; Mika Seppälä
Journal: Proc. Amer. Math. Soc. 131 (2003), 425-432.
MSC (2000): Primary 30F45; Secondary 57M20
Posted: September 25, 2002
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Abstract: We derive an algorithmic way to pass from a triangulation to a homology basis of a (Riemann) surface. The procedure will work for any surfaces with finite triangulations. We will apply this construction to Riemann surfaces to show that every compact hyperbolic Riemann surface $X$ has a homology basis consisting of curves whose lengths are bounded linearly by the genus $g$ of $X$and by the homological systole.

This work got started by comments presented by Y. Imayoshi in his lecture at the 37th Taniguchi Symposium which took place in Katinkulta near Kajaani, Finland, in 1995.


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Additional Information:

Peter Buser
Affiliation: Département de Mathématiques, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, CH--1007 Lausanne, Switzerland
Email: Peter.Buser@epfl.ch

Mika Seppälä
Affiliation: Department of Mathematics, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida 32306
Address at time of publication: Department of Mathematics, University of Helsinki, FIN--00014 Helsinki, Finland
Email: Mika.Seppala@fsu.edu, Mika.Seppala@Helsinki.Fi

DOI: 10.1090/S0002-9939-02-06470-5
PII: S 0002-9939(02)06470-5
Keywords: Triangulation, homology, Riemann surfaces
Received by editor(s): April 23, 2001
Received by editor(s) in revised form: July 11, 2001
Posted: September 25, 2002
Additional Notes: The research of the first author was supported by the Swiss National Research Foundation
Communicated by: Ronald A. Fintushel
Copyright of article: Copyright 2002, American Mathematical Society


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