The Artin braid group actions on the set of spin structures on a surface (Q6185376)

Let \(\Sigma_{g}\) be a compact connected oriented surface of genus \(g\), which admits a branched 2-fold covering \(\varphi : \Sigma_{g} \rightarrow S^{2}\) with \(2g+2\) branch points. Regarding \(S^{2}\) as a as the Riemann sphere \(\mathbb{C}P^{1}\), the map \(\varphi\) defines the structure of an hyperelliptic curve on \(\Sigma_{g}\). The branched covering induces a group homomorphism of the Artin braid group \(B_{2g+2}\) to the mapping class group of genus \(g\). The spin structures on hyperelliptic curves are studied from the aspect of algebraic geometry in \textit{D. Mumford} [Tata lectures on theta. II. Boston-Basel-Stuttgart: Birkhäuser (1984; Zbl 0549.14014)]. In the paper under review, the author studies the action of \(B_{2g+2}\) on the set of spin structures on a hyperelliptic curve of genus \(g\), which reduces to that of the symmetric group \(S_{2g+2}\). In particular, the author computes the \(S_{2g+2}\)-orbits of the spin structures of genus \(g\) and the isotropy group \(\mathfrak{G}_{i}\) of each orbit in a purely combinatorial way.