Alternating groups and rational functions on surfaces

DOI10.1112/S0010437X05001715MaRDI QIDQ5475419zbMATH OpenFDO

Authors Sonia Brivio, Gian Pietro Pirola

Publication date 19 June 2006

Published in Compositio Mathematica (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/math/0401107

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Inverse Galois theory (12F12) Coverings in algebraic geometry (14E20) Coverings of curves, fundamental group (14H30) Special surfaces (14J25)

Abstract: Let X be a smooth complex projective surface. We prove that for any sufficiently big m there exists a rational dominant map f from X into a complex rational ruled surface Y, such that f is generically finite of degree m and has monodromy the alternating group Am.

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