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Galois groups of co-abelian ball quotient covers

Algebraic Geometry 2012-01-04 v1

Abstract

If X=(B/Γ)X'= ({\mathbb B} / \Gamma)' is a torsion free toroidal compactification of a discrete ball quotient Xo=B/ΓX_o={\mathbb B} / \Gamma and ξ:(X,T=XXo)(X,D=ξ(T))\xi : (X', T = X'\setminus X_o) \rightarrow (X, D = \xi (T)) is the blow-down of the (1)(-1)-curves to the corresponding minimal model, then G=Aut(X,T)G'= Aut (X',T) coincides with the finite group G=Aut(X,D)G=Aut(X,D). In particular, for an elliptic curve EE with endomorphism ring R=End(E)R = End(E) and a split abelian surface X=A=E×EX = A = E \times E, GG is a finite subgroup of Aut(A)=TAGL(2,R)Aut(A) = \mathcal{T}_A \leftthreetimes GL(2,R), where (TA,+)(A,+)(\mathcal{T}_A,+) \simeq (A,+) is the translation group of AA and GL(2,R)={gR2×2det(g)R}GL(2,R) = \{g \in R_{2 \times 2} \| \det(g) \in R^* \}. The present work classifies the finite subgroups HH of Aut(A=E×E)Aut (A = E \times E) for an arbitrary elliptic curve EE. By the means of the geometric invariants theory, it characterizes the Kodaira-Enriques types of A/H(B/Γ)/HA/H \simeq ({\mathbb B} / \Gamma)'/H, in terms of the fixed point sets of HH on AA. The abelian and the K3 surfaces A/HA/H are elaborated in \cite{KN}. The first section provides necessary and sufficient conditions for A/HA/H to be a hyper-elliptic, ruled with elliptic base, Enriques or a rational surface. In such a way, it depletes the Kodaira-Enriques classification of the finite Galois quotients A/HA/H of a split abelian surface A=E×EA = E \times E. The second section derives a complete list of the conjugacy classes of the linear automorphisms gGL(2,R)g \in GL(2,R) of AA of finite order, by the means of their eigenvalues. The third section classifies the finite subgroups HH of GL(2,R)GL(2,R). The last section provides explicit generators and relations for the finite subgroups HH of Aut(A)Aut(A) with K3, hyper-elliptic, rules with elliptic base or Enriques quotients A/H(B/Γ)/HA/H \simeq ({\mathbb B} / \Gamma)'/H.

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@article{arxiv.1201.0094,
  title  = {Galois groups of co-abelian ball quotient covers},
  author = {Azniv Kasparian},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1201.0094},
  year   = {2012}
}