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The horofunction compactification of Teichm\"uller metric

Geometric Topology 2012-08-24 v4 Complex Variables

Abstract

We show that the horofunction compactification of Teichm\"uller space with the Teichm\"uller metric is homeomorphic to the Gardiner-Masur compactification.

Cite

@article{arxiv.1012.0409,
  title  = {The horofunction compactification of Teichm\"uller metric},
  author = {Lixin Liu and Weixu Su},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1012.0409},
  year   = {2012}
}

Comments

Final version, the proof of Proposition 5.1 is improved. To appear in Handbook of Teichm\"uller Theory, Vol. 4, A. Papadopoulos (ed.), EMS publishing house, Z\"urich 2013

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