Mathematics – Differential Geometry
Scientific paper
2000-08-08
Mathematics
Differential Geometry
15 pages; revised, more elementary proof. To appear in Geom. Ded
Scientific paper
We prove that every Weil-Petersson isometry of the Teichmuller space T(g,n) is induced by an element of the extended mapping class group; here 3g-3+n > 1 and (g,n) is not (1,2). Our method follows Ivanov's proof of the Royden's analogous theorem for the Teichmuller metric: we study the action of an isometry on the frontier of the metric completion of the Teichmuller space, and show that the isometry then induces an automorphism on the relevant complex of curves. Some synthetic geometry of the Weil-Petersson metric completes the proof.
Masur Howard
Wolf Michael
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