Riemann surfaces of genus g with an automorphism of order p prime and p > g

DOI10.1007/S00229-006-0034-6MaRDI QIDQ2433975zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Giancarlo Urzúa

Publication date 31 October 2006

Published in Manuscripta Mathematica (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/math/0508069

zbMATH Keywords

affine equations for Riemann surfacesequilateral surfacesfull automorphism groupsLefschetz surfacesnumber of zeroone dimensional components of the singular locus of moduli spaceparametrization spacespecial domainsuniformization

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Families, moduli of curves (algebraic) (14H10) Coverings of curves, fundamental group (14H30) Automorphisms of curves (14H37) Compact Riemann surfaces and uniformization (30F10) Harmonic functions on Riemann surfaces (30F15) Classification theory of Riemann surfaces (30F20) Moduli of Riemann surfaces, Teichmüller theory (complex-analytic aspects in several variables) (32G15) Complex Lie groups, group actions on complex spaces (32M05)

Abstract: The present work completes the classification of the compact Riemann surfaces of genus g with an analytic automorphism of order p (prime number) and p > g. More precisely, we construct a parameteriza- tion space for them, we compute their groups of uniformization and we compute their full automorphism groups. Also, we give affine equations for special cases and some implications on the components of the singular locus of the moduli space of smooth curves of genus g.

Review text

Let \(S\) be a compact Riemann surface or smooth projective curve over \(\mathbb C\) of genus \(g\), Aut\((S)\) analytic automorphism (full automorphism) group of \(S\), \(\mathbb Z/n\mathbb Z\) the cyclic group of order \(n\), \(| A| \) the cardinality for a set \(A\), Fix\((G)\) the set of the fixed points by the action of a group \(G\), \(\langle T\rangle\) the subgroup generated by \(T\), \(\mathbb P^1\) the Riemann sphere or the one-dimensional projective space over \(\mathbb C\). Denote by \(S\simeq S'\) that \(S\) and \(S'\) are isomorphic as Riemann surfaces. Finally, let \(M_g\) be the moduli space of smooth curves of genus \(g\). The following theorem is well known: If \(T\in\text{Aut}(S)\) is of prime order \(p > g\), then there are only four possibilities: (1) \(S/\langle T\rangle\) has genus 1, \(g = 1\) and \(| \text{Fix}(T)| = 0\). (2) \(S/\langle T \rangle\simeq \mathbb P^1\), \(g = 0\) and \(| \text{Fix}(T)| = 2\). (3) \(S/\langle T \rangle\simeq \mathbb P^1\), \(p = 2g + 1\) and \(| \text{Fix}(T)| = 3\). (4) \(S/\langle T \rangle\simeq \mathbb P^1\), \(p = g + 1\) and \(| \text{Fix}(T)| = 4\). The last two cases are the nontrivial ones. In a more general setting, Lefschetz stu\-di\-ed these surfaces using algebraic equations. Among other things, he computed the full automorphism group for surfaces of the third case, which are known as Lefschetz surfaces. Since then, people have worked on Lefschetz surfaces, classifying them completely. In the paper [\textit{G. E. Gómez González}, Bol. Soc. Mat. Mex., III. Ser. 2, No. 2, 115--128 (1996; Zbl 0920.14009)], the author proved that the Lefschetz surfaces which have as full automorphism group \(\mathbb Z/p\mathbb Z\) are exactly the isolated points of the singular locus \(S_g\) of \(M_g\) for \(g > 3\); he also counted these points for every \(g\). Since Lefschetz surfaces are branched on three points on \(\mathbb P^1\), their moduli space is zero dimensional. This gives the problem of classification of Lefschetz surfaces a purely combinatorial character. For the fourth case, we have one free complex parameter plus the combinatorial problem. In this work, the author gives a method for working out that case. As consequences, he constructs a parametrization space for them, computes the full automorphism group for each of these surfaces, computes formulas for the number of components of dimension zero and one of the singular locus \(S_g\) of \(M_g\). Affine equations are given for all Riemann surfaces which correspond to special tilings, i.e., equilateral tilings \(\Delta(\frac{2\pi}{3p},\frac{2\pi}{3p}, \frac{2\pi}{3p})\) and square tilings \(\Delta(\frac{\pi}{p},\frac{\pi}{2p}, \frac{\pi}{2p})\), and also for hyperelliptic Riemann surfaces.

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