Remarks on fixed points of automorphisms and higher-order Weierstrass points in prime characteristic (Q2277535)

Let Y be a nonsingular irreducible projective curve of genus \(g\geq 2\) defined over an algebraically closed field of characteristic \(p>0.\) For an integer \(q\geq 1\), a basis for the space of holomorphic q-differentials on X gives a morphism \(\Phi_ q: X\to {\mathbb{P}}^{d-1}\), where \(d=g\) if \(q=1\) and \(d=(2q-1)(g-1)\) if \(q\geq 2\). This leads to the definition of q- Weierstrass points, which are basically those points on X which have non- generic intersection multiplicities with the hyperplanes of \({\mathbb{P}}^{d-1}.\) The author uses a theorem of \textit{A. Neeman} [Invent. Math. 75, 359-376 (1984; Zbl 0555.14009)] to reprove a result of \textit{H. M. Farkas} and \textit{I. Kra} [``Riemann surfaces'', Graduate Texts Math. 71 (1980; Zbl 0475.30001)] that if an automorphism of X with order relatively prime to p has three or more fixed points then each of them is a q-Weierstrass point, for infinitely many values of q. He also gives some conditions which imply the existence of such an automorphism.