Bielliptic and hyperelliptic modular curves X(N) and the group Aut(X(N))

Francesc Bars; Aristides Kontogeorgis; Xavier Xarles

Acta Arithmetica (2013)

  • Volume: 161, Issue: 3, page 283-299
  • ISSN: 0065-1036

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We determine all modular curves X(N) (with N ≥ 7) that are hyperelliptic or bielliptic. We also give a proof that the automorphism group of X(N) is PSL₂(ℤ/Nℤ), whence it coincides with the normalizer of Γ(N) in PSL₂(ℝ) modulo ±Γ(N).

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Francesc Bars, Aristides Kontogeorgis, and Xavier Xarles. "Bielliptic and hyperelliptic modular curves X(N) and the group Aut(X(N))." Acta Arithmetica 161.3 (2013): 283-299. <http://eudml.org/doc/278915>.

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journal = {Acta Arithmetica},
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