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Bielliptic and Hyperelliptic modular curves X(N) and the group Aut(X(N))

Number Theory 2013-05-08 v2 Algebraic Geometry

Abstract

We determine all modular curves X(N) (with N7N\geq 7) which are hyperelliptic or bielliptic. We make available a proof that the automorphism group of X(N) coincides with the normalizer of Γ(N)\Gamma(N) in PSL2(R)\operatorname{PSL}_2(\mathbb{R}).

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@article{arxiv.1207.2273,
  title  = {Bielliptic and Hyperelliptic modular curves X(N) and the group Aut(X(N))},
  author = {Francesc Bars and Aristides Kontogeorgis and Xavier Xarles},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1207.2273},
  year   = {2013}
}

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Corrected typos. Reorganized the whole paper. Main results unchanged