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A countable Teichmüller modular group

Author(s): Katsuhiko Matsuzaki
Journal: Trans. Amer. Math. Soc. 357 (2005), 3119-3131.
MSC (2000): Primary 30F60; Secondary 32G15
Posted: November 4, 2004
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Abstract: We construct an example of a Riemann surface of infinite topological type for which the Teichmüller modular group consists of only a countable number of elements. We also consider distinguished properties which the Teichmüller space of this Riemann surface possesses.


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Katsuhiko Matsuzaki
Affiliation: Department of Mathematics, Ochanomizu University, Otsuka 2-1-1, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 112-8610, Japan
Email: matsuzak@math.ocha.ac.jp

DOI: 10.1090/S0002-9947-04-03765-1
PII: S 0002-9947(04)03765-1
Keywords: Teichm\"{u}ller space, quasiconformal mapping class group, hyperbolic Riemann surface, pants decomposition.
Received by editor(s): September 17, 2003
Posted: November 4, 2004
Copyright of article: Copyright 2004, American Mathematical Society
The copyright for this article reverts to public domain after 28 years from publication.


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