Variables separated equations: strikingly different roles for the branch cycle lemma and the finite simple group classification

DOI10.1007/s11425-011-4324-4zbMath1330.12001arXiv1012.5297OpenAlexW2044976615WikidataQ59664839 ScholiaQ59664839MaRDI QIDQ424257

Michael D. Fried

Publication date: 31 May 2012

Published in: Science China. Mathematics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1012.5297

zbMATH Keywords

coversgroup representationsmonodromy groupprimitive groupopen image theoremfiber productsnormal varietiesDavenport pairGalois stratificationgenus zero problemRiemann's existence theorem

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Arithmetic theory of algebraic function fields (11R58) Separable extensions, Galois theory (12F10) Polynomials in general fields (irreducibility, etc.) (12E05) Coverings of curves, fundamental group (14H30) Arithmetic aspects of modular and Shimura varieties (11G18) Finite simple groups and their classification (20D05) Field arithmetic (12E30)

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