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Galois branched covers with fixed ramification locus

Algebraic Geometry 2013-10-17 v1 Number Theory

Abstract

We examine conditions under which there exists a non-constant family of Galois branched covers of curves over an algebraically closed field kk of fixed degree and fixed ramification locus, under a notion of equivalence derived from considering linear series on a fixed smooth proper source curve XX. We show such a family exists precisely when the following conditions are satisfied: char(k)=p>0\operatorname{char}(k)=p>0, XX is isomorphic to Pk1\mathbb{P}^1_k, there is a unique ramification point, and the Galois group is (Z/pZ)m(\mathbb{Z}/p\mathbb{Z})^m for some integer m>0m>0.

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@article{arxiv.1310.4245,
  title  = {Galois branched covers with fixed ramification locus},
  author = {Ryan Eberhart},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1310.4245},
  year   = {2013}
}

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14 pages

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