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Hyperelliptic curves with reduced automorphism group A5

Algebraic Geometry 2012-09-11 v1

Abstract

We study genus gg hyperelliptic curves with reduced automorphism group A5A_5 and give equations y2=f(x)y^2=f(x) for such curves in both cases where f(x)f(x) is a decomposable polynomial in x2x^2 or x5x^5. For any fixed genus the locus of such curves is a rational variety. We show that for every point in this locus the field of moduli is a field of definition. Moreover, there exists a rational model y2=F(x)y^2=F(x) or y2=xF(x)y^2=x F(x) of the curve over its field of moduli where F(x)F(x) can be chosen to be decomposable in x2x^2 or x5x^5. While similar equations have been given in Bujalance, Cirre, Gamboa and Gromadzki (2001) over R\mathbb R, this is the first time that these equations are given over the field of moduli of the curve.

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@article{arxiv.1209.1868,
  title  = {Hyperelliptic curves with reduced automorphism group A5},
  author = {T. Shaska and D. Sevilla},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1209.1868},
  year   = {2012}
}
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