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Thurston's compactification via geodesic currents: The case of non-compact finite area surfaces

General Topology 2023-05-24 v2 Geometric Topology

Abstract

In [Bon88], Bonahon gave a construction of Thurston's compactification of Teichm{\"u}ller space using geodesic currents. His argument only applies in the case of closed surfaces, and there are good reasons for that. We present a variant which applies to surfaces of finite area.

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@article{arxiv.2208.10763,
  title  = {Thurston's compactification via geodesic currents: The case of non-compact finite area surfaces},
  author = {Marie Trin},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2208.10763},
  year   = {2023}
}