Theta characteristics of hyperelliptic graphs

DOI10.1007/S00013-016-0893-3zbMATH Open1375.14217arXiv1511.07243OpenAlexW2963323974MaRDI QIDQ284108

Marta Panizzut

Publication date: 17 May 2016

Published in: Archiv der Mathematik (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We study theta characteristics of hyperelliptic metric graphs of genus $g$ with no bridge edges. These graphs have a harmonic morphism of degree two to a metric tree that can be lifted to morphism of degree two of a hyperelliptic curve $X$ over $K$ to the projective line, with $K$ an algebraically closed field of char$(K)ot=2$, complete with respect to a non-Archimedean valuation, with residue field $k$ of char$(k)ot=2$. The hyperelliptic curve has $2^{2g}$ theta characteristics. We show that for each effective theta characteristics on the graph, $2^{g-1}$ even and $2^{g-1}$ odd theta characteristics on the curve specialize to it; and $2^g$ even theta characteristics on the curve specialize to the unique not effective theta characteristics on the graph.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1511.07243

zbMATH Keywords

harmonic morphismshyperelliptic curveshyperelliptic graphsspecializationtheta characteristics

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Graphs and abstract algebra (groups, rings, fields, etc.) (05C25) Special divisors on curves (gonality, Brill-Noether theory) (14H51) Special algebraic curves and curves of low genus (14H45)

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