Riemann surfaces

introductory textbooks

introductory lecture videos

  • A full course on Riemann Surfaces by M Khalkhali with videos on YouTube
  • These lectures assume covering space theory (algebraic topology) and uniformization theory and does (pre-moduli space) classification of Riemann surfaces: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLbMVogVj5nJSm4256vuITlsovUT1xVkUL
  • Riemann Surfaces by Jacob Bernstein for MSRI summer school 2014: Complex geometry and geometric analysis on complex manifolds ^yg7hmg
    • Prerequisites:
      • Knowledge of basic complex analysis—at the level of Ahlfors, Complex Analysis, Chapters 1-5—will be assumed. Some basic familiarity with (abstract) surface theory and differential forms will be helpful. However, I will review this material as needed.
    • Reading:
    • Other useful references:
      • Farkas and Kra, Riemann Surfaces; a classical text on the subject.
      • Miranda, Algebraic Curves and Riemann Surfaces; a more algebraic perspective.
    • Week 1: Introduction to Riemann Surfaces
      • Surfaces and Topology
      • Riemann Surfaces and Holomorphic Maps
      • Maps between Riemann Surfaces
      • Calculus on Riemann Surfaces
      • De Rham Cohomology
    • Week 2: Geometric Analysis on Riemann Surfaces
      • Elliptic Functions and Integrals
      • Meromorphic Functions
      • Inverting the Laplacian
      • The Uniformization Theorem
      • Riemann Surfaces and Minimal Surfaces

moduli of Riemann surfaces

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Genus zero Riemann surfaces, flat tori, lattices and elliptic curves

Higher genus Riemann surfaces, hyperbolic surfaces, Fuschian groups and Teichmuller theory

modular surfaces

Automorphism groups

morphisms

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/De_Franchis_theorem says there are only finitely many non-constant holomorphic mappings between two fixed compact Riemann surfaces of genus greater than 1.

bounds on that number: https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/4F55ECA45BC877D46534577A07CA2C56/S0013091507000223a.pdf

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