Teichmüller space

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Teichmüller space

noun

Etymology Named after Oswald Teichmüller.

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Geometry, Mathematics, Sciences 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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