Riemann surfaces

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Riemann surfaces are one-dimensional complex manifolds that provide the natural geometric setting for studying complex analytic functions and their multi-valued behavior.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf analytic space
complex manifold
mathematical concept
one-dimensional complex manifold
topological space
admits conformal metric
holomorphic 1-forms
holomorphic functions
meromorphic functions
classifiedBy genus in the compact case
compactCaseCorrespondsTo smooth projective algebraic curves over the complex numbers
definedOver complex numbers
dimension one complex dimension
equivalentTo one-dimensional complex analytic manifold
one-dimensional complex manifold with holomorphic transition maps
example Riemann sphere
compact Riemann surface of genus g
complex plane
complex torus
unit disk with its complex structure
field algebraic geometry
complex analysis
differential geometry
topology
generalizes branched coverings of the complex plane
open subsets of the complex plane
hasInvariant Euler characteristic
complex structure
conformal structure
fundamental group
genus
hasProperty Hausdorff
connected (usually assumed in the definition)
orientable
second countable
hasTheorem Hodge decomposition for compact Riemann surfaces
Riemann–Hurwitz formula
Riemann–Roch theorem
uniformization theorem
localModel open subsets of the complex plane
namedAfter Bernhard Riemann
orientationInducedBy complex structure
realDimension two real dimensions
relatedTo Fuchsian group
Kleinian group
algebraic curve
complex curve
moduli space of curves
structure atlas of charts to the complex plane
transitionMaps holomorphic functions
usedFor Teichmüller theory
analytic continuation
moduli problems in algebraic geometry
monodromy theory
studying complex analytic functions
studying multi-valued analytic functions
theory of algebraic curves
uniformization theory

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Bernhard Riemann knownFor Riemann surfaces
Hermann Weyl notableWork Die Idee der Riemannschen Fläche
linked to: Riemann surfaces
Georg Friedrich Bernhard Riemann notableWork Riemann surfaces
subject linked to: Georg
Friedrich Bernhard Riemann notableWork Riemann surfaces
subject linked to: Friedrich
Carathéodory metric definedOn Riemann surface
linked to: Riemann surfaces
Lars Ahlfors fieldOfWork Riemann surfaces
PSL(2,ℤ) relatedTo Riemann surfaces
subject linked to: modular group PSL(2,Z)
Jacobi operator relatedTo Riemann surfaces
Hilbert’s twenty-second problem hasSubjectHeading Riemann surfaces and analytic relations
linked to: Riemann surfaces
Seiberg–Witten theory involves Riemann surfaces
Teichmüller theory fieldOfStudy Riemann surfaces
Kleinian group associatedWith Riemann surface
linked to: Riemann surfaces
uniformization theorem usesConcept Riemann surface
linked to: Riemann surfaces
Brill–Noether theory relatedTo Riemann surface theory
linked to: Riemann surfaces
Picard theorem hasProofMethod Riemann surface theory
linked to: Riemann surfaces