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Genus stabilization for moduli of curves with symmetries

Algebraic Geometry 2013-01-21 v1 Algebraic Topology Complex Variables

Abstract

In a previous paper, arXiv:1206.5498, we introduced a new homological invariant \e\e for the faithful action of a finite group G on an algebraic curve. We show here that the moduli space of curves admitting a faithful action of a finite group G with a fixed homological invariant \e\e, if the genus g' of the quotient curve is sufficiently large, is irreducible (and non empty iff the class satisfies the condition which we define as 'admissibility'). In the unramified case, a similar result had been proven by Dunfield and Thurston using the classical invariant in the second homology group of G, H_2(G, \ZZ). We achieve our result showing that the stable classes are in bijection with the set of admissible classes \e\e.

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@article{arxiv.1301.4409,
  title  = {Genus stabilization for moduli of curves with symmetries},
  author = {Fabrizio Catanese and Michael Lönne and Fabio Perroni},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1301.4409},
  year   = {2013}
}

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21 pages, 2 figures