Real trigonal curves and real elliptic surfaces of type I (Q2450162)

The main result of the paper is a complete classification of real smooth trigonal, maximally inflected curves of type I (i.e., real curves, whose complex point set is divided into two connected components by the real part) on rational ruled surfaces. The answer is given in terms of specific graphs, and the main tool is the dessins d'enfants techniques. This paper heavily relies on earlier works by \textit{A. Degtyarev} et al. [Am. J. Math. 130, No. 6, 1561--1627 (2008; Zbl 1184.14065)] and \textit{V. Zvonilov} [Vestnik Syktyvkarskogo Universiteta Ser. 1 Mat. Mekh. Inform. No. 6, 45--66 (2006)]. As application, the authors characterize real Jacobian elliptic surfaces of type I (i.e., with the real point set realizing the second Stiefel-Whitney class of the complex surface) that cover real rational ruled surfaces with ramification along the union of a real trigonal curve and the base divisor.