For a Riemann surface X of conformally finite type (g, n), let dT, dL and dpi (i = 1, 2) be the Teichmuller metric, the length spectrum metric and Thurston's pseudometrics on the Teichmutler space T(X), respect...For a Riemann surface X of conformally finite type (g, n), let dT, dL and dpi (i = 1, 2) be the Teichmuller metric, the length spectrum metric and Thurston's pseudometrics on the Teichmutler space T(X), respectively. The authors get a description of the Teichmiiller distance in terms of the Jenkins-Strebel differential lengths of simple closed curves. Using this result, by relatively short arguments, some comparisons between dT and dL, dpi (i = 1, 2) on Tε(X) and T(X) are obtained, respectively. These comparisons improve a corresponding result of Li a little. As applications, the authors first get an alternative proof of the topological equivalence of dT to any one of dL, dp1 and dp2 on T(X). Second, a new proof of the completeness of the length spectrum metric from the viewpoint of Finsler geometry is given. Third, a simple proof of the following result of Liu-Papadopoulos is given: a sequence goes to infinity in T(X) with respect to dT if and only if it goes to infinity with respect to dL (as well as dpi (i = 1, 2)).展开更多
The semisimple structure, which generalizes the complex and the paracomplex structures, is considered. The authors classify all the homogeneous semisimple spaces whose underlying spaces are G/C(W) 0 , where ...The semisimple structure, which generalizes the complex and the paracomplex structures, is considered. The authors classify all the homogeneous semisimple spaces whose underlying spaces are G/C(W) 0 , where G is a real simple Lie Group, W∈ g, C(W) 0 is the identity component of the centralizer C(W) of W in G .展开更多
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文摘For a Riemann surface X of conformally finite type (g, n), let dT, dL and dpi (i = 1, 2) be the Teichmuller metric, the length spectrum metric and Thurston's pseudometrics on the Teichmutler space T(X), respectively. The authors get a description of the Teichmiiller distance in terms of the Jenkins-Strebel differential lengths of simple closed curves. Using this result, by relatively short arguments, some comparisons between dT and dL, dpi (i = 1, 2) on Tε(X) and T(X) are obtained, respectively. These comparisons improve a corresponding result of Li a little. As applications, the authors first get an alternative proof of the topological equivalence of dT to any one of dL, dp1 and dp2 on T(X). Second, a new proof of the completeness of the length spectrum metric from the viewpoint of Finsler geometry is given. Third, a simple proof of the following result of Liu-Papadopoulos is given: a sequence goes to infinity in T(X) with respect to dT if and only if it goes to infinity with respect to dL (as well as dpi (i = 1, 2)).
文摘The semisimple structure, which generalizes the complex and the paracomplex structures, is considered. The authors classify all the homogeneous semisimple spaces whose underlying spaces are G/C(W) 0 , where G is a real simple Lie Group, W∈ g, C(W) 0 is the identity component of the centralizer C(W) of W in G .