A new characterization of hyperellipticity

DOI10.1307/MMJ/1030374665MaRDI QIDQ1591621zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Bernard Maskit

Publication date 1 January 2001

Published in Michigan Mathematical Journal (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1307/mmj/1030374665

zbMATH Keywords

closed geodesicsgeodesic necklacehyperelliptic Riemann surfacestorus with a hole

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Curves in algebraic geometry (14H99) Compact Riemann surfaces and uniformization (30F10) Conformal metrics (hyperbolic, Poincaré, distance functions) (30F45)

Review text

A theorem on the crossing points of closed geodesics was proved by Jørgensen, that is, if \(x\) is the crossing point of two closed geodesics on a surface with a complete metric of constant negative curvature, then there are infinitely many different closed geodesics passing through \(x\) [\textit{T. Jørgensen}, Proc. Am. Math. Soc. 72, 140-142 (1978; Zbl 0406.53011)]. In this paper the author gives another proof of this theorem by using the fact that a fixed point of the conformal involution of a torus with a hole is a crossing point of infinitely many simple closed geodesics. Also, the author gives a necessary and sufficient condition for a closed Riemann surface of genus \(p\geq 2\) to be a hyperelliptic surface by using a geodesic necklace \({\mathcal L}\) on it, where \({\mathcal L}\) is a cyclically ordered set of \(2p+2\) simple nondividing closed geodesics \(L_1,L_2,\ldots , L_{2p+2}\) with the property that each \(L_i\) intersects \(L_{i-1}\) exactly once, intersects \(L_{i+1}\) exactly once, and is disjoint from the other geodesics in \({\mathcal L}\).

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