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Hyperelliptic curves of genus 3 with prescribed automorphism group

Algebraic Geometry 2012-09-14 v1

Abstract

We study genus 3 hyperelliptic curves which have an extra involution. The locus \L3\L_3 of these curves is a 3-dimensional subvariety in the genus 3 hyperelliptic moduli \H_3. We find a birational parametrization of this locus by affine 3-space. For every moduli point \p \in \H_3 such that \Aut(\p)>2|\Aut (\p)|>2, the field of moduli is a field of definition. We provide a rational model of the curve over its field of moduli for all moduli points \p \in \H_3 such that \Aut(\p)>4|\Aut(\p)|>4. This is the first time that such a rational model of these curves appears in the literature.

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@article{arxiv.1209.2938,
  title  = {Hyperelliptic curves of genus 3 with prescribed automorphism group},
  author = {J. Gutierrez and D. Sevilla and T. Shaska},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1209.2938},
  year   = {2012}
}