<div>In the first part of the present work, we will study the harmonic maps onto Teichm\"uller space. We will formulate a general Bochner type formula for harmonic maps into Teichm\"uller space. We will also prove the existence theorem of equivariant harmonic maps from a symmetric space with finite volume into its Weil-Petersson completion $\overline{\mathcal{T}}$, by deforming an almost finite energy map in the sense of Saper into a finite energy map.</div><div><br></div><div>In the second part of the work, we discuss the superrigidity of mapping class group. We will provide a geometric proof of both the high rank and the rank one superrigidity of mapping class groups due to Farb-Masur and Yeung. </div>
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:purdue.edu/oai:figshare.com:article/12307715 |
| Date | 15 May 2020 |
| Creators | Ling Xu (8844734) |
| Source Sets | Purdue University |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Text, Thesis |
| Rights | CC BY 4.0 |
| Relation | https://figshare.com/articles/Harmomic_maps_into_Teichmuller_spaces_and_superrigidity_of_mapping_class_groups/12307715 |
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