The infinite topology of the hyperelliptic locus in Torelli space

DOI10.1007/S10711-016-0190-0zbMATH Open1371.32017OpenAlexW2962811428MaRDI QIDQ522073FDOQ522073

Authors: Kevin Kordek 

Publication date: 13 April 2017

Published in: Geometriae Dedicata (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: Genus $g$ Torelli space is the moduli space of genus $g$ curves of compact type equipped with a homology framing. The hyperelliptic locus is a closed analytic subvariety consisting of finitely many mutually isomorphic components. We use properties of the hyperelliptic Torelli group to show that when $ggeq3$ these components do not have the homotopy type of a finite CW complex. Specifically, we show that the second rational homology of each component is infinite-dimensional. We give a more detailed description of the topological features of these components when $g=3$ using properties of genus 3 theta functions.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1509.08221

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zbMATH Keywords

mapping class groupsmoduli of curvesTorelli groupsTorelli spaces

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Teichmüller theory for Riemann surfaces (30F60) Moduli of Riemann surfaces, Teichmüller theory (complex-analytic aspects in several variables) (32G15) Topological aspects of complex manifolds (32Q55)

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• The Torelli map restricted to the hyperelliptic locus
• The Euler characteristics of \(\mathcal H_{g,n}\)
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