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Beauville p-Groups: A Survey

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 April 2019

By
Ben Fairbairn
Edited by
C. M. Campbell ,
C. W. Parker ,
M. R. Quick ,
E. F. Robertson  and
C. M. Roney-Dougal
C. M. Campbell
Affiliation:
University of St Andrews, Scotland
C. W. Parker
Affiliation:
University of Birmingham
M. R. Quick
Affiliation:
University of St Andrews, Scotland
E. F. Robertson
Affiliation:
University of St Andrews, Scotland
C. M. Roney-Dougal
Affiliation:
University of St Andrews, Scotland
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Summary

Beauville surfaces are a class of complex surfaces defined by letting a finite group G act on a product of Riemann surfaces. These surfaces possess many attractive geometric properties several of which are dictated by properties of the group G. In this survey we discuss the p-groups that may be used in this way. En route we discuss several open problems, questions and conjectures.

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Groups St Andrews 2017 in Birmingham , pp. 271 - 288
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2019

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