arXiv · 2011.12159
Hyperelliptic odd coverings
Abstract
We investigate a class of odd (ramification) coverings $C \to \mathbb{P}^1$ where $C$ is hyperelliptic, its Weierstrass points maps to one fixed point of $\mathbb{P}^1$ and the covering map makes the hyperelliptic involution of $C$ commute with an involution of $\mathbb{P}^1$. We show that the total number of hyperelliptic odd coverings of minimal degree $4g$ is ${3g \choose g-1} 2^{2g}$ when $C$ is general. Our study is approached from three main perspectives: if a fixed effective theta characteristic is fixed they are described as a solution of a certain class of differential equations; then they are studied from the monodromy viewpoint and a deformation argument that leads to the final computation.
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Riccardo Moschetti, Gian Pietro Pirola. 2020-11-24. Hyperelliptic odd coverings. https://arxiv.org/abs/2011.12159
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