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Poincar\'{e}'s theorem for the modular group of real Riemann surfaces

Algebraic Geometry 2007-05-23 v2

Abstract

Let ModgMod_{g} be the modular group of surfaces of genus gg. Each element [h]Modg[h]\in Mod_{g} induces in the integer homology of a surface of genus gg a symplectic automorphism H([h])H([h]) and Poincar\'{e} shown that H:ModgSp(2g,Z)H:Mod_{g}\to Sp(2g,\mathbb{Z}) is an epimorphism. The theory of real algebraic curves justify the definition of real Riemann surface as a Riemann surface SS with an anticonformal involution σ\sigma. Let (S,σ)(S,\sigma) be a real Riemann surface, the subgroup ModgσMod_{g}^{\sigma} of ModgMod_{g} that consists of the elements [h]Modg[h]\in Mod_{g} that have a representant hh such that hσ=σhh\circ\sigma=\sigma\circ h, plays the r\^{o}le of the modular group in the theory of real Riemann surfaces. In this work we describe the image by HH of ModgσMod_{g}^{\sigma}. Such image depends on the topological type of the involution σ\sigma.

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@article{arxiv.math/0602413,
  title  = {Poincar\'{e}'s theorem for the modular group of real Riemann surfaces},
  author = {Antonio F. Costa and Sergey Natanzon},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:math/0602413},
  year   = {2007}
}

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