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The asymptotics of the Arakelov-Geen's function and Faltings' delta invariant

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We study the behavior of the Arakelov-Green's function and Faltings' delta invariant on degenerating Riemann surfaces.

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    R. Wentworth

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Communicated by S.-T. Yau

Supported in part by an Alfred P. Sloan Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship

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Wentworth, R. The asymptotics of the Arakelov-Geen's function and Faltings' delta invariant. Commun.Math. Phys. 137, 427–459 (1991). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02100272

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