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A combinatorial approach to the symmetries of M and M–l Riemann surfaces

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 December 2009

A. F. Costa
Affiliation:
To A. M. Macbeath on the occasion of his retirement
W. J. Harvey
Affiliation:
King's College London
C. Maclachlan
Affiliation:
University of Aberdeen
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Introduction

Let X be a compact Riemann surface of genus g. A symmetry of X is an anticonformal involution T : XX. The topological nature of a symmetry T is determined by properties of its fixed point set F(T). F(T) consists of k disjoint Jordan curves, where 0 ≤ kg + 1 (Harnack's theorem). XF(T) has either one or two components. It consists of one component if X/〈T〉 is non-orientable and two components if X/〈T〉 is orientable. Let T be a symmetry of X and suppose that in F(T) there are k disjoint Jordan curves, then we shall say (see [4]) that the species of T is +k if XF(T) has two components and –k if XF(T) has one component.

We shall say that a Riemann surface X is an M (respectively M – 1) Riemann surface if it admits a symmetry with g + 1 fixed curves (respectively g fixed curves). S. M. Natanzon in [9] and [10] announced some properties about the topological nature of the symmetries of M and M – 1 Riemann surfaces and, in the hyperelliptic case, the classification of such symmetries up to conjugation in the automorphism group. Later, in [11] and [12] the above results were proved by topological techniques.

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Print publication year: 1992

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