Rational functions with given ramification in characteristic p

DOI10.1112/S0010437X05001946MaRDI QIDQ5475422zbMATH OpenFDO

Authors Brian Ossermann

Publication date 19 June 2006

Published in Compositio Mathematica (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/math/0407445

zbMATH Keywords

positive characteristicprescribed ramificationrational function

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Coverings of curves, fundamental group (14H30) Enumerative problems (combinatorial problems) in algebraic geometry (14N10) Classical problems, Schubert calculus (14N15)

Abstract: Using limit linear series and a result controlling degeneration from separable maps to inseparable maps, we give a formula for the number of self-maps of the projective line with ramification to order e_i at general points P_i, in the case that all e_i are less than the characteristic. Unlike the case of characteristic 0, the answer is not given by Schubert calculus, nor is the number of maps always finite for distinct P_i, even in the tamely ramified case. However, finiteness for general P_i, obtained by exploiting the relationship to branched covers, is a key part of the argument.

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