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Orbifold points on Prym-Teichm\"{u}ller curves in genus four

Algebraic Geometry 2019-06-20 v1 Geometric Topology

Abstract

For each discriminant D>1D>1, McMullen constructed the Prym-Teichm\"uller curves WD(4)W_D(4) and WD(6)W_D(6) in M3\mathcal{M}_{3} and M4\mathcal{M}_{4}, which constitute one of the few known infinite families of geometrically primitive Teichm\"{u}ller curves. In the present paper, we determine for each DD the number and type of orbifold points on WD(6)W_D(6). These results, together with a previous result of the two authors in the genus 33 case and with results of Lanneau-Nguyen and M\"oller, complete the topological characterisation of all Prym-Teichm\"uller curves and determine their genus. The study of orbifold points relies on the analysis of intersections of WD(6)W_D(6) with certain families of genus 44 curves with extra automorphisms. As a side product of this study, we give an explicit construction of such families and describe their Prym-Torelli images, which turn out to be isomorphic to certain products of elliptic curves. We also give a geometric description of the flat surfaces associated to these families and describe the asymptotics of the genus of WD(6)W_D(6) for large DD.

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@article{arxiv.1609.00144,
  title  = {Orbifold points on Prym-Teichm\"{u}ller curves in genus four},
  author = {David Torres-Teigell and Jonathan Zachhuber},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1609.00144},
  year   = {2019}
}

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38 pages, 5 figures. For PARI files, see http://www.uni-frankfurt.de/50278800/Zachhuber