The Geometry of the Weil-Petersson Metric in Complex Dynamics

In this work, we study an analogue of the Weil-Petersson metric on the space of Blaschke products of degree 2 proposed by McMullen. We show that the Weil-Petersson metric is incomplete and study its metric completion. Our work parallels known results for the Teichmuller space of a punctured torus....

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Main Author: Ivrii, Oleg
Other Authors: McMullen, Curtis T.
Language:en_US
Published: Harvard University 2014
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Online Access:http://dissertations.umi.com/gsas.harvard:11669
http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:HUL.InstRepos:12274303
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Summary:In this work, we study an analogue of the Weil-Petersson metric on the space of Blaschke products of degree 2 proposed by McMullen. We show that the Weil-Petersson metric is incomplete and study its metric completion. Our work parallels known results for the Teichmuller space of a punctured torus. === Mathematics