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Spherical metrics with conical singularities on 2-spheres

Differential Geometry 2019-02-20 v2

Abstract

Suppose that θ1,θ2,,θn\theta_1,\theta_2,\dots,\theta_n are positive numbers and n3n\ge 3. Does there exist a sphere with a spherical metric with nn conical singularities of angles 2πθ1,2πθ2,,2πθn2\pi\theta_1,2\pi\theta_2,\dots,2\pi\theta_n? A sufficient condition was obtained by Gabriele Mondello and Dmitri Panov (arXiv:1505.01994). We show that it is also necessary when we assume that θ1,θ2,,θn∉N\theta_1,\theta_2,\dots,\theta_n \not\in \mathbb{N}.

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@article{arxiv.1704.04823,
  title  = {Spherical metrics with conical singularities on 2-spheres},
  author = {Subhadip Dey},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1704.04823},
  year   = {2019}
}

Comments

In this updated version, the proof of the main result has been changed, and is now more geometric in nature. 9 pages, 1 figure

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