Euler characteristics of moduli spaces of curves

Gilberto Bini; John Harer

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An index inequality for embedded pseudoholomorphic curves in symplectizations

Michael Hutchings (2002)

Journal of the European Mathematical Society

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Let $Σ$ be a surface with a symplectic form, let $φ$ be a symplectomorphism of $Σ$ , and let $Y$ be the mapping torus of $φ$ . We show that the dimensions of moduli spaces of embedded pseudoholomorphic curves in $ℝ \times 𝕐$ , with cylindrical ends asymptotic to periodic orbits of $φ$ or multiple covers thereof, are bounded from above by an additive relative index. We deduce some compactness results for these moduli spaces. This paper establishes some of the foundations for a program with Michael Thaddeus, to...

Essential dimension of moduli of curves and other algebraic stacks

Patrick Brosnan, Zinovy Reichstein, Angelo Vistoli (2011)

Journal of the European Mathematical Society

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In this paper we consider questions of the following type. Let $k$ be a base field and $K / k$ be a field extension. Given a geometric object $X$ over a field $K$ (e.g. a smooth curve of genus $g$ ), what is the least transcendence degree of a field of definition of $X$ over the base field $k$ ? In other words, how many independent parameters are needed to define $X$ ? To study these questions we introduce a notion of essential dimension for an algebraic stack. Using the resulting theory, we give a complete...

Multiple end solutions to the Allen-Cahn equation in $ℝ^{2}$

Michał Kowalczyk, Yong Liu, Frank Pacard (2013-2014)

Séminaire Laurent Schwartz — EDP et applications

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An entire solution of the Allen-Cahn equation $Δ u = f (u)$ , where $f$ is an odd function and has exactly three zeros at $\pm 1$ and $0$ , e.g. $f (u) = u (u^{2} - 1)$ , is called a $2 k$ end solution if its nodal set is asymptotic to $2 k$ half lines, and if along each of these half lines the function $u$ looks (up to a multiplication by $- 1$ ) like the one dimensional, odd, heteroclinic solution $H$ , of $H^{''} = f (H)$ . In this paper we present some recent advances in the theory of the multiple end solutions. We begin with the description of the moduli space...

Explicit Teichmüller curves with complementary series

Carlos Matheus, Gabriela Weitze-Schmithüsen (2013)

Bulletin de la Société Mathématique de France

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We construct an explicit family of arithmetic Teichmüller curves $𝒞_{2 k}$ , $k \in ℕ$ , supporting $SL (2, ℝ)$ -invariant probabilities $μ_{2 k}$ such that the associated $SL (2, ℝ)$ -representation on $L^{2} (𝒞_{2 k}, μ_{2 k})$ has complementary series for every $k \geq 3$ . Actually, the size of the spectral gap along this family goes to zero. In particular, the Teichmüller geodesic flow restricted to these explicit arithmetic Teichmüller curves $𝒞_{2 k}$ has arbitrarily slow rate of exponential mixing.

An effective proof of the hyperelliptic Shafarevich conjecture

Rafael von Känel (2014)

Journal de Théorie des Nombres de Bordeaux

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Let $C$ be a hyperelliptic curve of genus $g \geq 1$ over a number field $K$ with good reduction outside a finite set of places $S$ of $K$ . We prove that $C$ has a Weierstrass model over the ring of integers of $K$ with height effectively bounded only in terms of $g$ , $S$ and $K$ . In particular, we obtain that for any given number field $K$ , finite set of places $S$ of $K$ and integer $g \geq 1$ one can in principle determine the set of $K$ -isomorphism classes of hyperelliptic curves over $K$ of genus $g$ with good reduction outside...

The local lifting problem for actions of finite groups on curves

Ted Chinburg, Robert Guralnick, David Harbater (2011)

Annales scientifiques de l'École Normale Supérieure

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Let $k$ be an algebraically closed field of characteristic $p > 0$ . We study obstructions to lifting to characteristic $0$ the faithful continuous action $φ$ of a finite group $G$ on $k [[t]]$ . To each such $φ$ a theorem of Katz and Gabber associates an action of $G$ on a smooth projective curve $Y$ over $k$ . We say that the KGB obstruction of $φ$ vanishes if $G$ acts on a smooth projective curve $X$ in characteristic $0$ in such a way that $X / H$ and $Y / H$ have the same genus for all subgroups $H \subset G$ . We determine for which $G$ the KGB...

Fields of moduli of three-point $G$ -covers with cyclic $p$ -Sylow, II

Andrew Obus (2013)

Journal de Théorie des Nombres de Bordeaux

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We continue the examination of the stable reduction and fields of moduli of $G$ -Galois covers of the projective line over a complete discrete valuation field of mixed characteristic $(0, p)$ , where $G$ has a $p$ -Sylow subgroup $P$ of order $p^{n}$ . Suppose further that the normalizer of $P$ acts on $P$ via an involution. Under mild assumptions, if $f : Y \to ℙ^{1}$ is a three-point $G$ -Galois cover defined over $\bar{ℚ}$ , then the $n$ th higher ramification groups above $p$ for the upper numbering of the (Galois closure of...

Rational points on $X_{0}^{+} (p^{r})$

Yuri Bilu, Pierre Parent, Marusia Rebolledo (2013)

Annales de l’institut Fourier

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Using the recent isogeny bounds due to Gaudron and Rémond we obtain the triviality of $X_{0}^{+} (p^{r}) (ℚ)$ , for $r > 1$ and $p$ a prime number exceeding $2 \cdot 10^{11}$ . This includes the case of the curves $X_{split} (p)$ . We then prove, with the help of computer calculations, that the same holds true for $p$ in the range $11 \leq p \leq 10^{14}$ , $p \neq 13$ . The combination of those results completes the qualitative study of rational points on $X_{0}^{+} (p^{r})$ undertook in our previous work, with the only exception of $p^{r} = 13^{2}$ .

Effective bounds for Faltings’s delta function

Jay Jorgenson, Jürg Kramer (2014)

Annales de la faculté des sciences de Toulouse Mathématiques

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In his seminal paper on arithmetic surfaces Faltings introduced a new invariant associated to compact Riemann surfaces $X$ , nowadays called Faltings’s delta function and here denoted by $δ_{Fal} (X)$ . For a given compact Riemann surface $X$ of genus $g_{X} = g$ , the invariant $δ_{Fal} (X)$ is roughly given as minus the logarithm of the distance with respect to the Weil-Petersson metric of the point in the moduli space $ℳ_{g}$ of genus $g$ curves determined by $X$ to its boundary $\partial ℳ_{g}$ . In this paper we begin by revisiting a formula derived...

The KSBA compactification for the moduli space of degree two $K 3$ pairs

Radu Laza (2016)

Journal of the European Mathematical Society

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Inspired by the ideas of the minimal model program, Shepherd-Barron, Kollár, and Alexeev have constructed a geometric compactification for the moduli space of surfaces of log general type. In this paper, we discuss one of the simplest examples that fits into this framework: the case of pairs $(X, H)$ consisting of a degree two $K 3$ surface $X$ and an ample divisor $H$ . Specifically, we construct and describe explicitly a geometric compactification ${\bar{P}}_{2}$ for the moduli of degree two $K 3$ pairs. This compactification...

On the birational gonalities of smooth curves

E. Ballico (2014)

Annales Universitatis Mariae Curie-Sklodowska, sectio A – Mathematica

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Let $C$ be a smooth curve of genus $g$ . For each positive integer $r$ the birational $r$ -gonality $s_{r} (C)$ of $C$ is the minimal integer $t$ such that there is $L \in {Pic}^{t} (C)$ with $h^{0} (C, L) = r + 1$ . Fix an integer $r \geq 3$ . In this paper we prove the existence of an integer $g_{r}$ such that for every integer $g \geq g_{r}$ there is a smooth curve $C$ of genus $g$ with $s_{r + 1} (C) / (r + 1) > s_{r} (C) / r$ , i.e. in the sequence of all birational gonalities of $C$ at least one of the slope inequalities fails.

Nodal curves in $\mathbb{P}_{3}(\mathbb{C})$

Edoardo Ballico, Paolo Oliverio (1984)

Atti della Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei. Classe di Scienze Fisiche, Matematiche e Naturali. Rendiconti Lincei. Matematica e Applicazioni

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Siano $d$ , $g$ , $t$ interi con $0\leq t\leq g$ ; se esiste in $\mathbb{P}_{3}(\mathbb{C})$ una curva connessa, non singolare di grado $d$ e genere $g$ , allora esiste in $\mathbb{P}_{3}(\mathbb{C})$ una curva irriducibile di grado $d$ , genere aritmetico $g$ e $t$ nodi.

Beyond two criteria for supersingularity: coefficients of division polynomials

Christophe Debry (2014)

Journal de Théorie des Nombres de Bordeaux

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Let $f (x)$ be a cubic, monic and separable polynomial over a field of characteristic $p \geq 3$ and let $E$ be the elliptic curve given by $y^{2} = f (x)$ . In this paper we prove that the coefficient at $x^{\frac{1}{2} p (p - 1)}$ in the $p$ –th division polynomial of $E$ equals the coefficient at $x^{p - 1}$ in $f {(x)}^{\frac{1}{2} (p - 1)}$ . For elliptic curves over a finite field of characteristic $p$ , the first coefficient is zero if and only if $E$ is supersingular, which by a classical criterion of Deuring (1941) is also equivalent to the vanishing of the second coefficient. So the...

An arithmetic Riemann-Roch theorem for pointed stable curves

Gérard Freixas Montplet (2009)

Annales scientifiques de l'École Normale Supérieure

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Let $(𝒪, Σ, F_{\infty})$ be an arithmetic ring of Krull dimension at most 1, $𝒮 = Spec 𝒪$ and $(π : 𝒳 \to 𝒮; σ_{1}, ..., σ_{n})$ an $n$ -pointed stable curve of genus $g$ . Write $𝒰 = 𝒳 ∖ \cup_{j} σ_{j} (𝒮)$ . The invertible sheaf $ω_{𝒳 / 𝒮} (σ_{1} + \dots + σ_{n})$ inherits a hermitian structure ${∥ \cdot ∥}_{hyp}$ from the dual of the hyperbolic metric on the Riemann surface $𝒰_{\infty}$ . In this article we prove an arithmetic Riemann-Roch type theorem that computes the arithmetic self-intersection of $ω_{𝒳 / 𝒮} {(σ_{1} + ... + σ_{n})}_{hyp}$ . The theorem is applied to modular curves $X (Γ)$ , $Γ = Γ_{0} (p)$ or $Γ_{1} (p)$ , $p \geq 11$ prime, with sections given by the cusps. We show $Z^{'} (Y (Γ), 1) \sim e^{a} π^{b} Γ_{2} {(1 / 2)}^{c} L (0, ℳ_{Γ})$ , with $p \equiv 11 m o d 12$ when $Γ = Γ_{0} (p)$ . Here $Z (Y (Γ), s)$ is the Selberg...

Semistability of Frobenius direct images over curves

Vikram B. Mehta, Christian Pauly (2007)

Bulletin de la Société Mathématique de France

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Let $X$ be a smooth projective curve of genus $g \geq 2$ defined over an algebraically closed field $k$ of characteristic $p > 0$ . Given a semistable vector bundle $E$ over $X$ , we show that its direct image $F_{*} E$ under the Frobenius map $F$ of $X$ is again semistable. We deduce a numerical characterization of the stable rank- $p$ vector bundles $F_{*} L$ , where $L$ is a line bundle over $X$ .

Pointed $k$ -surfaces

Graham Smith (2006)

Bulletin de la Société Mathématique de France

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Let $S$ be a Riemann surface. Let $ℍ^{3}$ be the $3$ -dimensional hyperbolic space and let $\partial_{\infty} ℍ^{3}$ be its ideal boundary. In our context, a Plateau problem is a locally holomorphic mapping $ϕ : S \to \partial_{\infty} ℍ^{3} = \hat{ℂ}$ . If $i : S \to ℍ^{3}$ is a convex immersion, and if $N$ is its exterior normal vector field, we define the Gauss lifting, $\hat{ı}$ , of $i$ by $\hat{ı} = N$ . Let $\vec{n} : U ℍ^{3} \to \partial_{\infty} ℍ^{3}$ be the Gauss-Minkowski mapping. A solution to the Plateau problem $(S, ϕ)$ is a convex immersion $i$ of constant Gaussian curvature equal to $k \in (0, 1)$ such that the Gauss lifting $(S, \hat{ı})$ is complete and $\vec{n} \circ \hat{ı} = ϕ$ . In this...

On surfaces with p $_{𝑔}$ = q = 1 and non-ruled bicanonical involution

Carlos Rito (2007)

Annali della Scuola Normale Superiore di Pisa - Classe di Scienze

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This paper classifies surfaces $S$ of general type with $p_{g} = q = 1$ having an involution $i$ such that $S / i$ has non-negative Kodaira dimension and that the bicanonical map of $S$ factors through the double cover induced by $i .$ It is shown that $S / i$ is regular and either: a) the Albanese fibration of $S$ is of genus 2 or b) $S$ has no genus 2 fibration and $S / i$ is birational to a $K 3$ surface. For case a) a list of possibilities and examples are given. An example for case b) with $K^{2} = 6$ is also constructed.

Invariance of the parity conjecture for $p$ -Selmer groups of elliptic curves in a $D_{2 p^{n}}$ -extension

Thomas de La Rochefoucauld (2011)

Bulletin de la Société Mathématique de France

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We show a $p$ -parity result in a $D_{2 p^{n}}$ -extension of number fields $L / K$ ( $p \geq 5$ ) for the twist $1 \oplus η \oplus τ$ : $W (E / K, 1 \oplus η \oplus τ) = {(- 1)}^{〈1 \oplus η \oplus τ, X_{p} (E / L)〉}$ , where $E$ is an elliptic curve over $K$ , $η$ and $τ$ are respectively the quadratic character and an irreductible representation of degree $2$ of $Gal (L / K) = D_{2 p^{n}}$ , and $X_{p} (E / L)$ is the $p$ -Selmer group. The main novelty is that we use a congruence result between $ε_{0}$ -factors (due to Deligne) for the determination of local root numbers in bad cases (places of additive reduction above 2 and 3). We also give applications to the $p$ -parity conjecture...

The moduli space of commutative algebras of finite rank

Bjorn Poonen (2008)

Journal of the European Mathematical Society

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The moduli space of rank- $n$ commutative algebras equipped with an ordered basis is an affine scheme $𝔅_{n}$ of finite type over $ℤ$ , with geometrically connected fibers. It is smooth if and only if $n \leq 3$ . It is reducible if $n \geq 8$ (and the converse holds, at least if we remove the fibers above $2$ and $3$ ). The relative dimension of $𝔅_{n}$ is $\frac{2}{27} n^{3} + O (n^{8 / 3})$ . The subscheme parameterizing étale algebras is isomorphic to ${GL}_{n} / S_{n}$ , which is of dimension only $n^{2}$ . For $n \geq 8$ , there exist algebras that are not limits of étale algebras. The dimension...