Wild monodromy and automorphisms of curves

Abstract: Let

R

be a complete discrete valuation ring of mixed characteristic

(0, p)

with field of fractions

K

containing the

p

-th roots of unity. This paper is concerned with semi-stable models of

p

-cyclic covers of the projective line

C l a P K

. We start by providing a new construction of a semi-stable model of

C

in the case of an equidistant branch locus. If the cover is given by the Kummer equation

Z^{p} = f (X_{0})

we define what we called the monodromy polynomial

m a t h c a l L (Y)

of

f (X_{0})

; a polynomial with coefficients in

K

. Its zeros are key to obtaining a semi-stable model of

C

. As a corollary we obtain an upper bound for the minimal extension

K^{'} / K

over which a stable model of the curve

C

exists. Consider the polynomial

c a l L (Y) p r o d (Y^{p} - f (y_{i}))

where the

y_{i}

range over the zeros of

c a l L (Y)

. We show that the splitting field of this polynomial always contains

K^{'}

, and that in some instances the two fields are equal.

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