Galois groups of unramified covers of projective curves in characteristic \(p\) (Q1922492)

This paper contains results concerning finite groups that occur as Galois groups of unramified covers of projective curves over an algebraically closed field of characteristic \(p>0\). The fundamental groups for such curves are known only for genus zero and one. The author shows that every finite group \(G\) is a Galois group for a curve (as before) of genus \(g\) bounded by the number of generators of \(G\). Moreover, she proves that \(G\) satisfies the same property for curves in a non-empty open subset of the modular scheme of curves of genus \(g\). The method of proofs uses formal patching, which has been introduced by \textit{M. Raynaud} [Invent. Math. 116, No. 1-3, 425-462 (1994; Zbl 0798.14013)] and developed by \textit{D. Harbater} [in: Recent developments in the inverse Galois problem, Summer Res. Conf., Univ. Washington 1993, Contemp. Math. 186, 353-369 (1995; Zbl 0858.14013)]. The author mentions also that some of the results of this paper have been simultaneously and independently found by \textit{M. Saïdi} in his thesis (Bordeaux 1994, see also the preceding review).