Homology group automorphisms of Riemann surfaces

Abstract: If

G a m m a

is a finitely generated Fuchsian group such that its derived subgroup

G a m m a^{'}

is co-compact and torsion free, then

S = {m a t h b b H}^{2} / G a m m a^{'}

is a closed Riemann surface of genus

g g e q 2

admitting the abelian group

A = G a m m a / G a m m a^{'}

as a group of conformal automorphisms. We say that

A

is a homology group of

S

. A natural question is if

S

admits unique homology groups or not, in other words, is there are different Fuchsian groups

G a m m a_{1}

and

G a m m a_{2}

with

G a m m a_{1^{'}} = G a m m a'_{2}

? It is known that if

G a m m a_{1}

and

G a m m a_{2}

are both of the same signature

(0; k, l d o t s, k)

, for some

k g e q 2

, then the equality

G a m m a_{1^{'}} = G a m m a_{2^{'}}

ensures that

G a m m a_{1} = G a m m a_{2}

. Generalizing this, we observe that if

G a m m a_{j}

has signature

(0; k_{j}, l d o t s, k_{j})

and

G a m m a_{1^{'}} = G a m m a'_{2}

, then

G a m m a_{1} = G a m m a_{2}

. We also provide examples of surfaces

S

with different homology groups. A description of the normalizer in

m A u t (S)

of each homology group

A

is also obtained.

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