A tour through Mirzakhani’s work on moduli spaces of Riemann surfaces

Wright, Alex

doi:10.1090/bull/1687

A tour through Mirzakhani’s work on moduli spaces of Riemann surfaces

Author: Alex Wright
Journal: Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 57 (2020), 359-408
MSC (2010): Primary 32G15
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1090/bull/1687
Published electronically: February 3, 2020
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Abstract: We survey Mirzakhani’s work relating to Riemann surfaces, which spans about 20 papers. We target the discussion at a broad audience of nonexperts.

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