Hyperelliptic surfaces are loewner

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Abstract

We prove that C. Loewner's inequality for the torus is satisfied by conformal metrics on hyperelliptic surfaces X as well. In genus 2, we first construct the Loewner loops on the (mildly singular) companion tori, locally isometric to X away from Weierstrass points. The loops are then transplanted to X, and surgered to obtain a Loewner loop on X. In higher genus, we exploit M. Gromov's area estimates for ε-regular metrics on X.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1189-1195
Number of pages7
JournalProceedings of the American Mathematical Society
Volume134
Issue number4
DOIs
StatePublished - Apr 2006

Keywords

  • Hermite constant
  • Hyperelliptic involution
  • Loewner inequality
  • Pu's inequality
  • Systole
  • Weierstrass point
  • ε-regular metrics

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