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Jeremy Kahn & Mikhail Lyubich

Vol. 169 (2009), No. 2, 561-593
Abstract

On a Riemann surface S of finite type containing a family of N disjoint disks Di (“islands”), we consider several natural conformal invariants measuring the distance from the islands to ∂S and the separation between different islands. In a near degenerate situation we establish a relation between them called the Quasi-Additivity Law. We then generalize it to a Quasi-Invariance Law providing us with a transformation rule of the moduli in question under covering maps. This rule (and in particular, its special case called the Covering Lemma) has important applications in holomorphic dynamics.

Mathematical Subject Classification

Primary: 37F45

Authors
Jeremy Kahn
Stony Brook University
Departament of Mathematics
Stony Brook NY 11794
United States
Mikhail Lyubich
Stony Brook University
Mathematics Department
Stony Brook NY 11794-3651
United States