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Minimal regular normal crossings models of superelliptic curves

Algebraic Geometry 2025-07-01 v1

Abstract

Let KK be a complete discretely valued field with perfect residue field kk. If XPK1X \to \mathbb{P}^1_K is a Z/d\mathbb{Z}/d-cover with char kd\text{char } k \nmid d, we compute the minimal regular normal crossings model X\mathcal{X} of XX as the normalization of an explicit normal model Y\mathcal{Y} of PK1\mathbb{P}^1_K in K(X)K(X). The model Y\mathcal{Y} is given using Mac Lane's description of discrete valuations on the rational function field K(P1)K(\mathbb{P}^1).

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@article{arxiv.2506.24091,
  title  = {Minimal regular normal crossings models of superelliptic curves},
  author = {Andrew Obus and Padmavathi Srinivasan},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2506.24091},
  year   = {2025}
}

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