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Thick-thin decomposition for quadratic differentials

Geometric Topology 2014-07-18 v1

Abstract

We compare the flat geometry associated to a quadratic differential with the hyperbolic geometry associated to the underlying Riemann surface. We show that if a curve is contained in a thick subsurface, then its hyperbolic length is comparable to its flat length times the flat size of the subsurface.

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@article{arxiv.1407.4789,
  title  = {Thick-thin decomposition for quadratic differentials},
  author = {Kasra Rafi},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1407.4789},
  year   = {2014}
}

Comments

This is an old paper that has been already published in 2007 in Math. Research Letters. I am posting it to the arxiv for completeness

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