Extremal length functions are log-plurisubharmonic

Abstract

In this paper, we show that the extremal length functions on Teichm\"uller space are log-plurisubharmonic. As a corollary, we obtain an alternative proof of L.Liu and W.Su's results on the plurisubharmonicity of extremal length functions. We also obtain alternative proofs of S.Krushkal's results that a function defined by the Teichm\"uller distance from a reference point is plurisubharmonic, and the Teichm\"uller space is hyperconvex. To show the log-plurisubharmonicity, we give an explicit formula of the Levi form of the extremal length functions in generic case.