Questions tagged [branched-covers]
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How to determine the LS category of branched covers?
Define the (normalized) Lusternik-Schnirelmann (LS) category of a space $X$, denoted $\mathsf{cat}(X)$ to be the least integer $n$ such that $X$ can be covered by $n+1$ number of open sets $U_i$ each ...
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Branched covering maps between Riemann surfaces
What is an example of a branched covering map between Riemann surfaces of infinite degree? i.e. something like a branched version of the exponential map $exp: \mathbb{C} \to \mathbb{C}^*$.
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Branched covers of real algebraic varieties
Let $X$ be a smooth complex algebraic variety and $L$ be an $n$-torsion line bundle on $X$, i.e., a line bundle $L$ such that $L^n=\mathcal{O}_X(B)$, where $B$ is a divisor $B$ on $X$. Such a bundle ...
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What relationship is there between repeated roots of discriminants and orders of roots of the original polynomials?
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I asked this problem several days ago on MSE, I'm cross-posting it here. The title sounds like a high school problem, but (as a grad student not in algebra) it feels subtle/deep.
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Maximal degree of a map between orientable surfaces
Suppose that $M$ and $N$ are closed connected oriented surfaces. It is well-known that if $f \colon M \to N$ has degree $d > 0$, then $\chi(M) \le d \cdot \chi(N)$.
What is an elementary proof of ...
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Relation of branched covers and groups
I am self-studying covering spaces of topological spaces. The following question comes to my mind.
In the case of topological covering spaces, we have a nice relation between the fundamental group of ...
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(When) can you embed a closed map with finite discrete fibers into a (branched) cover?
Assume all spaces are topological manifolds. A branched cover is a continuous open map with discrete fibers. A finite branched cover is one with finite fibers.
Questions. Given closed map $X\to S$ ...
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Books for learning branched coverings
I am self-studying branched coverings. I read it from B. Maskit's Kleinian groups book. I want some more references for reading branched covers. In particular, I want to understand how to create ...
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Irreducibility of plane algebraic curves
Given a plane algebraic curve
$$
y^n + a_1(x)y^{n-1} + \dots +a_{n-1}(x) + a_n(x)y = 0,
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with a branch point $P_0=(0, y_0)$ of order $n$. Can we prove that this curve is irreducible?
What if the ...
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What is definition of branched covering?
What is definition of branched covering in the page 10 of following paper ?
In Hatcher, Allen; Lochak, Pierre; Schneps, Leila, On the Teichmüller tower of mapping class groups, J. Reine Angew. Math. ...
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A curious observation on the elliptic curve $y^2=x^3+1$
Here is a calculation regarding the $2$-torsion points of the elliptic curve $y^2=x^3+1$ which looks really miraculous to me (the motivation comes at the end).
Take a point of $y^2=x^3+1$ and ...
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Graphs from the point of view of Riemann surfaces
I was listening to the lecture "Graphs from the point of view of
Riemann surfaces" by Prof. Alexander Mednykh. I am looking for references for the basics of this topic. Any kind of ...
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Is there a, in depth, classification of branch points in complex analysis?
Disclaimer: This question was originally posted in math.stackexchange.com and, after 30 days with no answers, I followed the instructions of this topic.
In complex analysis we have well known results ...
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Visualizing genus-two Riemann surfaces: from the three-fold branched cover to the sphere with two handles
I am trying to visualize the genus-two Riemann surface given by the curve
$$
y^3 = \frac{(x-x_1)(x-x_2)}{(x-x_3)(x-x_4)}.
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We can regard this surface as a three-fold cover of the sphere with four ...
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Recovering a family of rational functions from branch points
Let $Y$ be a compact Riemann surface and $B$ a finite subset of $Y$. It is a standard fact that isomorphism classes of holomorphic ramified covers $f:X\rightarrow Y$ of degree $d$ with branch points ...
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Thurston universe gates in knots: which invariant is it?
Today I discovered this nice video of a lecture by Thurston:
https://youtu.be/daplYX6Oshc
in which he explains how a knot can be turned into a "fabric for universes". For example, the unknot ...
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Monodromy Representation on $H_1$ of Elliptic Curve
I'm reading this post by Charles Siegel on Monodromy Representations
and there is a construction in example a not unterstand.
We look at the family $y^2z=x(x-z)(x-\lambda z)$ of projective elliptic
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How to enumerate branched covers of $\mathbb{P}^1$ branched over $0,1$ and $\infty$?
Setup: Let $u:\Sigma \to X$ be a holomorphic map of closed Riemann surfaces with branch points $P \subset X$. For each branch point $p \in P$, we have a partition $\Gamma_p$ of $\text{deg}(u)$ given ...
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Unibranch points (definition for varieties over arbitrary field)
In David Mumford's book Algebraic Geometry I, Complex Projective Varieties
treating mainly complex varieties as objects of interest on page
43 he defines what is a topologically unibranch variety $X$ ...
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Galois theory of ramified coverings vs classical Galois theory
That's an exact copy of my former MSE question I asked a couple of weeks ago and unfortunately not got the answer I was looking for.
The question adresses reuns' answer in this thread: Algebraic ...
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Is there a Galois theory for deformations of curves?
I have some general questions about the deformations of Galois covers of curves. Suppose we are given a $G$-Galois cover $k[[z]]/k[[x]]$, where $k$ is algebraically closed of characteristic $p>0$. ...
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Pre-images of Seifert surfaces are incompressible?
Consider a knot $K \subset S^3$ and let $M_K$ be the associated double branched cover. The pre-image $S$ of a Seifert surface is a surface without boundary inside $M_K$.
Can $S$ be incompressible? If ...
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moduli stack of double covers of $\mathbb{P}^1$ with one marked point
I am trying to improve my moderate knowledge of moduli spaces/stacks by examining the moduli stack of stable double covers of $\mathbb{P}^1$ with one marked point.
My idea is to ignore the stack ...
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Monodromy representation of elementary simple covers
Let $X$, $Y$ be smooth, connected, compact manifolds (for instance, projective varieties) and $f \colon X \longrightarrow Y$ be a finite, branched cover of degree $n$, with branch locus $B \subset Y$. ...
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Constructing ramified covers with prescribed multiplicities at ramification points
Let $Y$ be a smooth projective curve defined over number field $K$. Let $P_1,\dots ,P_m$ be some $K$-points to which we will associate "multiplicities" $m_i\in\{ 2,3,\dots \}$ for $i=1,\dots ,m$. The ...
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Cohomology of ramified double cover of $\mathbb P^n$ (reference)
Let $X\rightarrow \mathbb P^n_{\mathbb C}$ be a double cover ramified over a smooth hypersurface $B$ of degre $2d$. In the case of hypersurfaces of $\mathbb P^n$ one can determine the integral ...
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What is the preimage of a braid in a covering space branched over the braid?
For a knot $K\subset \mathbb{S}^3$, one can construct the covering space branched over that knot by assigning elements of the symmetric group $S_n$ to each arc of the knot. You can find the knot group ...
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Is the number of ramified coverings of given degree of a curve with prescribed branch divisor finite?
Let Y be a smooth projective curve over C and prescribe a branch divisor B on Y. I want to know if the number of coverings of Y of fixed degree and branched along B is finite. If so, why? Or, where is ...
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Two ways to look at a double cover of the projective line
Let $f:L\rightarrow \mathbb P^1_{\mathbb C}$ be the line bundle associated to the invertible sheaf $\mathcal O_{\mathbb P^1}(2)$, $\phi=(X_0-X_1)^3X_0\in H^0(\mathbb P^1, \mathcal O_{\mathbb P^1}(4))$ ...
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Uniformizing variable for branched covering of the Riemann sphere
Suppose I have a function $Q(z)$ of a complex variable $z\in\mathbb P^1$, possessing square root type branch points at the positions $\left\{z_i\right\}_{i=1}^{2M}$. I know that the Riemann surface $\...
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