Unirationality of Hurwitz spaces of coverings of degree 5

Abstract: Let

Y

be a smooth, projective curve of genus

g g e q 1

over the complex numbers. Let

H_{d, A}^{0} (Y)

be the Hurwitz space which parametrizes coverings

p : X o Y

of degree

d

, simply branched in

n = 2 e

points, with monodromy group equal to

S_{d}

, and

d e t (p_{*} O_{X} / O_{Y})

isomorphic to a fixed line bundle

A^{- 1}

of degree

- e

. We prove that, when

d = 3, 4

or

5

and

n

is sufficiently large (precise bounds are given), these Hurwitz spaces are unirational. If in addition

(e, 2) = 1

(when

d = 3

),

(e, 6) = 1

(when

d = 4

) and

(e, 10) = 1

(when

d = 5

), then these Hurwitz spaces are rational.

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