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Galois points for a plane curve and its dual curve, II

Algebraic Geometry 2016-03-04 v1

Abstract

Let CP2C \subset \mathbb{P}^2 be a plane curve of degree at least three. A point PP in projective plane is said to be Galois if the function field extension induced by the projection πP:CP1\pi_P: C \dashrightarrow \mathbb P^1 from PP is Galois. Further we say that a Galois point is extendable if any birational transformation induced by the Galois group can be extended to a linear transformation of the projective plane. This article is the second part of [2], where we showed that the Galois group at an extendable Galois point PP has a natural action on the dual curve CP2C^* \subset \mathbb{P}^{2*} which preserves the fibers of the projection πP\pi_{\overline{P}} from a certain point PP2\overline{P} \in \mathbb{P}^{2*}. In this article we improve such a result, and we investigate the Galois group of πP\pi_{\overline{P}}. In particular, we study both when P\overline{P} is a Galois point, and when deg (πP){\rm deg} \ (\pi_P) is prime and deg (πP)=2deg (πP){\rm deg} \ (\pi_{\overline{P}}) = 2{\rm deg} \ (\pi_P). As an application, we determine the number of points at which the Galois groups are certain fixed groups for the dual curve of a cubic curve.

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@article{arxiv.1503.00935,
  title  = {Galois points for a plane curve and its dual curve, II},
  author = {Satoru Fukasawa and Kei Miura},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1503.00935},
  year   = {2016}
}

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