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A short proof of a theorem of Ahlfors

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In [1] Ahlfors proved that the Weil-Petersson metric of the Teichmfiller space is K~hler. A new proof was given by Fischer and Tromba [5] in a purely Riemannian setting of Teichmfiller theory [3]. We shall provide yet another proof that slightly shortens the argument of Fischer and Tromba. We begin with a brief review of the Fischer-Tromba approach to Teichmiiller theory [3-5]. Let M be a compact connected oriented 2-dimensional manifold without boundary.