Teichmüller space

English

Etymology

Named after Oswald Teichmüller.

Noun

Teichmüller space (plural Teichmüller spaces)

  1. (geometry) A space T(S) assigned to a (real) topological (or differential) surface S: it parameterizes complex structures on S up to the action of homeomorphisms that are isotopic to the identity homeomorphism.
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