Point singularities and conformal metrics on Riemann surfaces
Point singularities and conformal metrics on Riemann surfaces
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10.1090/s0002-9939-1988-0938672-x
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1988
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R. McOwen
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R. McOwen
Given a closed hyperbolic Riemann surface and a finite number of points, we prove the existence and uniqueness of hyperbolic conformai metrics with prescribed singularities or degeneracies at the given points. If M is a closed Riemann surface with negative Euler characteristic x(M), then it admits a compatible metric g with Gauss curvature K = — 1. If p e M, then we can ask for a compatible metric g on M = M \ {p} with Gauss curvature K = — 1 and some prescribed singularity or degeneracy at p, (1) g/g = 0(r2a) asr = r(x) = dist9(x,p)^0. Such singularities arise, for example, from maps which are locally z —► zm (z € C, m e Z+): pushing the standard metric forward gives a singularity corresponding to a = — (m — 1)/m and pulling back the standard metric gives a degeneracy corresponding to a = m — 1. Thus we are particularly interested in (1) with — 1 < a < oo. More generally, we can consider a finite number of points pi,..., pn e M and ai,..., a„ € R and try to find a compatible metric g on M = M \ {pi,... ,pn} with (2) g/g = 0(r2a') asrl=rl(x) = distg(x,pl)-+0. Our main result is the following. THEOREM. Let (M, g) be a compact Riemann surface with Gauss curvature K = — 1 and pi,... ,pn e M. Suppose the numbers cti,..., an satisfy (i) —1 < a¿ < oo, and (ii) x(M) + Et ai < 0Then M = M \ {p\,... ,pn} admits a unique metric g which is pointwise conformai to g, has Gauss curvature K = — 1, and satisfies (2). Moreover, g has total curvature (3) Jj-l)d = 27rlx(M) + ̂ 2al\. PROOF. We shall assume for notational convenience that n = 1 but all steps of the proof generalize immediately. We want to solve (4) Au-e2u = -l on M = M\{p} Received by the editors November 14, 1986 and, in revised form, February 24, 1987. 1980 Mathematics Subject Classijication (1985 Revision). Primary 30F10; Secondary 35J60.