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Several types of solvable groups as automorphism groups of compact Riemann surfaces

Complex Variables 2017-07-05 v2 Algebraic Geometry Group Theory

Abstract

Let XX be a compact Riemann surface of genus g2g\geq 2. Let Aut(X)Aut(X) be its group of automorphisms and GAut(X)G\subseteq Aut(X) a subgroup. Sharp upper bounds for G|G| in terms of gg are known if GG belongs to certain classes of groups, e.g. solvable, supersolvable, nilpotent, metabelian, metacyclic, abelian, cyclic. We refine these results by finding similar bounds for groups of odd order that are of these types. We also add more types of solvable groups to that long list by establishing the optimal bounds for, among others, groups of order pmqnp^m q^n. Moreover, we show that Zomorrodian's bound for pp-groups GG with p5p\geq 5, namely G2pp3(g1)|G|\leq \frac{2p}{p-3}(g-1), actually holds for any group GG for which p5p\geq 5 is the smallest prime divisor of G|G|.

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@article{arxiv.1701.00325,
  title  = {Several types of solvable groups as automorphism groups of compact Riemann surfaces},
  author = {Andreas Schweizer},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1701.00325},
  year   = {2017}
}

Comments

27 pages, added several new results