Israel Journal of Mathematics

, Volume 12, Issue 4, pp 400–407 | Cite as

A remark on Mumford’s compactness theorem

  • Lipman Bers
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Abstract

It is shown that a recent compactness theorem for Fuchsian groups, due to Mumford, remains valid for groups containing elliptic and parabolic elements.

Keywords

Conjugacy Class Quasiconformal Mapping Compactness Theorem Fuchsian Group Compact Riemann Surface 
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© Hebrew University 1972

Authors and Affiliations

  • Lipman Bers
    • 1
    • 2
    • 3
  1. 1.Columbia UniversityNew York
  2. 2.Technion-Israel Institute for TechnologyHaifa
  3. 3.The Weizmann InstituteRehovot

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