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Finiteness of hyperelliptic and superelliptic curves with CM Jacobians

Number Theory 2016-11-28 v1 Algebraic Geometry

Abstract

In this paper we study the Coleman-Oort conjecture for superelliptic curves, i.e., curves defined by affine equations yn=F(x)y^n=F(x) with FF a separable polynomial. We prove that up to isomorphism there are at most finitely many superelliptic curves of fixed genus g8g\geq 8 with CM Jacobians. The proof relies on the geometric structures of Shimura subvarieties in Siegel modular varieties and the stability properties of Higgs bundles associated to fibred surfaces.

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@article{arxiv.1611.08477,
  title  = {Finiteness of hyperelliptic and superelliptic curves with CM Jacobians},
  author = {Ke Chen and Xin Lu and Kang Zuo},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1611.08477},
  year   = {2016}
}