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Velling-Kirillov metric on the universal Teichmuller curve

Complex Variables 2007-05-23 v3

Abstract

We extend Velling's approach and prove that the second variation of the spherical areas of a family of domains defines a Hermitian metric on the universal Teichmuller curve, whose pull back to Diff+(S^1)/S^1 coincides with the Kirillov metric. We show that the vertical integration of the square of the symplectic form of Velling-Kirillov metric on the universal Teichmuller curve is the symplectic form that defines the Weil-Petersson metric on the universal Teichmuller space. Restricted to a finite dimensional Teichmuller space, the vertical integration of the corresponding form on the Teichmuller curve is also the symplectic form that defines the Weil-Petersson metric on the Teichmuller space.

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@article{arxiv.math/0206202,
  title  = {Velling-Kirillov metric on the universal Teichmuller curve},
  author = {Lee-Peng Teo},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:math/0206202},
  year   = {2007}
}

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