Symmetric and Alternating Groups as Monodromy Groups of Riemann Surfaces I (eBook)

Generic Covers and Covers with Many Branch Points

Robert M Guralnick (Autor)

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128 Seiten
American Mathematical Society (Verlag)
9781470404901 (ISBN)

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The authors consider indecomposable degree $n$ covers of Riemann surfaces with monodromy group an alternating or symmetric group of degree $d$. They show that if the cover has five or more branch points then the genus grows rapidly with $n$ unless either $d = n$ or the curves have genus zero, there are precisely five branch points and $n =d(d-1)/2$. Similarly, if there is a totally ramified point, then without restriction on the number of branch points the genus grows rapidly with $n$ unless either $d=n$ or the curves have genus zero and $n=d(d-1)/2$. One consequence of these results is that if $f:X /rightarrow /mathbb{P}^1$ is indecomposable of degree $n$ with $X$ the generic Riemann surface of genus $g /ge 4$, then the monodromy group is $S_n$ or $A_n$ (and both can occur for $n$ sufficiently large). The authors also show if that if $f(x)$ is an indecomposable rational function of degree $n$ branched at $9$ or more points, then its monodromy group is $A_n$ or $S_n$. Finally, they answer a question of Elkies by showing that the curve parameterizing extensions of a number field given by an irreducible trinomial with Galois group $H$ has large genus unless $H=A_n$ or $S_n$ or $n$ is very small.

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• Themenwelt: Mathematik / Informatik ► Mathematik ► Algebra
• Themenwelt: Mathematik / Informatik ► Mathematik ► Geometrie / Topologie
• ISBN-13: 9781470404901 / 9781470404901