The monodromy group of a function on a general curve

DOI10.1007/BF02772228zbMATH Open1075.14027arXivmath/0304130OpenAlexW2021918427MaRDI QIDQ1885665FDOQ1885665

Authors: Kay Magaard, Helmut Völklein 

Publication date: 11 November 2004

Published in: Israel Journal of Mathematics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: Let C_g be a general curve of genus g>3. Guralnick and others proved that the monodromy group of a cover C_g-> P^1 of degree n is either S_n or A_n. We show that A_n occurs for n>2g. The corresponding result for S_n is classical.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/math/0304130

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zbMATH Keywords

alternating group

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Coverings of curves, fundamental group (14H30)

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