Geometry of the Gromov product : Geometry at infinity of Teichm\"uller space

Abstract

This paper is devoted to study of transformations on metric spaces. It is done in an effort to produce qualitative version of quasi-isometries which takes into account the asymptotic behavior of the Gromov product in hyperbolic spaces. We characterize a quotient semigroup of such transformations on Teichm\"uller space by use of simplicial automorphisms of the complex of curves, and we will see that such transformation is recognized as a "coarsification" of isometries on Teichm\"uller space which is rigid at infinity. We also show a hyperbolic characteristic that any finite dimensional Teichm\"uller space does not admit (quasi)-invertible rough-homothety.