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Tropical superelliptic curves

Algebraic Geometry 2020-10-15 v2

Abstract

We present an algorithm for computing the Berkovich skeleton of a superelliptic curve yn=f(x)y^n=f(x) over a valued field. After defining superelliptic weighted metric graphs, we show that each one is realizable by an algebraic superelliptic curve when nn is prime. Lastly, we study the locus of superelliptic weighted metric graphs inside the moduli space of tropical curves of genus gg.

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@article{arxiv.1709.05761,
  title  = {Tropical superelliptic curves},
  author = {Madeline Brandt and Paul Alexander Helminck},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1709.05761},
  year   = {2020}
}

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31 pages, 8 figures

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