The Combinatorics of Real Double Hurwitz Numbers with Real Positive Branch Points

DOI10.1093/IMRN/RNV135zbMATH Open1401.14230arXiv1409.8095OpenAlexW2119991563MaRDI QIDQ5744705FDOQ5744705

Authors: Mathieu Guay-Paquet, Hannah Markwig, Johannes Rau 

Publication date: 19 February 2016

Published in: IMRN. International Mathematics Research Notices (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We investigate the combinatorics of real double Hurwitz numbers with real positive branch points using the symmetric group. Our main focus is twofold. First, we prove correspondence theorems relating these numbers to counts of tropical real covers and study the structure of real double Hurwitz numbers with the help of the tropical count. Second, we express the numbers as counts of paths in a subgraph of the Cayley graph of the symmetric group. By restricting to real double Hurwitz numbers with real positive branch points, we obtain a concise translation of the counting problem in terms of tuples of elements of the symmetric group that enables us to uncover the beautiful combinatorics of these numbers both in tropical geometry and in the Cayley graph.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1409.8095

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zbMATH Keywords

Cayley graphHurwitz numberssymmetric grouptropical geometrybranch points

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Coverings in algebraic geometry (14E20) Symmetric groups (20B30) Coverings of curves, fundamental group (14H30) Enumerative problems (combinatorial problems) in algebraic geometry (14N10) Real algebraic and real-analytic geometry (14P99) Ramification problems in algebraic geometry (14E22)

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