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Rigidity of Teichm\"uller space

Geometric Topology 2018-12-19 v1

Abstract

We prove that the every quasi-isometry of Teichm\"uller space equipped with the Teichm\"uller metric is a bounded distance from an isometry of Teichm\"uller space. That is, Teichm\"uller space is quasi-isometrically rigid.

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@article{arxiv.1506.04774,
  title  = {Rigidity of Teichm\"uller space},
  author = {Alex Eskin and Howard Masur and Kasra Rafi},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1506.04774},
  year   = {2018}
}

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34 pages, 2 figures

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