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In [[algebraic geometry]] and in the theory of [[Riemann surfaces]] a '''hyperelliptic curve''' is an [[algebraic curve]] <math>C</math> of [[genus]] greater than 1, which admits a double cover <math>\scriptstyle f:C\to\mathbb{P}^1</math>. These curves are among the simplest algebraic curves: they are all [[birationally equivalent]] to curves of the form <math>y^2-f(x)</math> in the affine plane, where <math>f(x)</math> is a polynomial in <math>x</math>, and the degree of <math>f(x)</math> is either twice the genus of the curve plus 2, or twice the genus of the curve plus one. | |||
If a double cover <math>f:C\to\mathbb{P}^1</math> exists, then it is the unique double cover <math>C\to\mathbb{P}^1</math>, and it is called the "hyperelliptic double cover". The involution induced on the curve <math>C</math> by interchanging between the two "sheets" of the double cover is called the "hyperelliptic involution". The [[divisor class]] of a fiber of the hyperelliptic double cover is called the "hyperelliptic class". | |||
== Weierstrass points == | |||
By the [[Riemann-Hurwitz formula]] the hyperelliptic double cover has exactly <math>2g+2</math> branch points. For each branch point <math>p</math> we have <math>h^0(2p)= 2</math>. Hence these points are all Weierstrass points. Moreover, we see that for each of these points <math>h^0((2(k+1))p)\geq h^0(2kp)+1</math>, and thus the [[Weierstrass weight]] of each of these points is at least <math>\sum_{k=1}^g (2k-k)=g(g-1)/2</math>. However, by the second part of the [[Weierstrass gap theorem]], the total weight of Weierstrass points is <math>g(g^2-1)</math>, and thus the Weierstrass points of <math>C</math> are exactly the branch points of the hyperelliptic double cover. | By the [[Riemann-Hurwitz formula]] the hyperelliptic double cover has exactly <math>2g+2</math> branch points. For each branch point <math>p</math> we have <math>h^0(2p)= 2</math>. Hence these points are all Weierstrass points. Moreover, we see that for each of these points <math>h^0((2(k+1))p)\geq h^0(2kp)+1</math>, and thus the [[Weierstrass weight]] of each of these points is at least <math>\sum_{k=1}^g (2k-k)=g(g-1)/2</math>. However, by the second part of the [[Weierstrass gap theorem]], the total weight of Weierstrass points is <math>g(g^2-1)</math>, and thus the Weierstrass points of <math>C</math> are exactly the branch points of the hyperelliptic double cover. | ||
Given a set <math>B</math> of <math>2g+2</math> distinct points on <math>\mathbb{P}^1</math>, there is a unique double cover of <math>C\to\mathbb{P}^1</math> whose [[branch divisor]] is the set <math>B</math>. From an algebro-geometric point of view one can construct the curve <math>C</math> by taking the <math>Proj</math> of the sheaf whose sections <math>g</math> over an open subset <math>U\subset\mathbb{P}^1</math> satisfy <math>g^2\in O_U(B)</math>. | Given a set <math>B</math> of <math>2g+2</math> distinct points on <math>\mathbb{P}^1</math>, there is a unique double cover of <math>C\to\mathbb{P}^1</math> whose [[branch divisor]] is the set <math>B</math>. From an algebro-geometric point of view one can construct the curve <math>C</math> by taking the <math>Proj</math> of the sheaf whose sections <math>g</math> over an open subset <math>U\subset\mathbb{P}^1</math> satisfy <math>g^2\in O_U(B)</math>. | ||
== The plane model == | |||
[[Image:hyperelliptic_plane.png|200px|thumb|A plane model for a hyperelliptic curve of genus 3. Two Weierstrass points have non-real coordinates, and one is at infinity.]] | [[Image:hyperelliptic_plane.png|200px|thumb|A plane model for a hyperelliptic curve of genus 3. Two Weierstrass points have non-real coordinates, and one is at infinity.]] | ||
If the <math>2g+2</math> branch points of a hyperelliptic double cover <math>C\to\mathbb{P}^1</math> are <math>w_1,\ldots w_{2g+2}</math> then C is [[birational]] to the plane curve <math>\mbox{Nulls}(y^2=(x-w_1)(x-w_2)\cdots(x-w_{2g+1})(x-w_{2g+2}))\subset\mathbb{A}^2</math>, where if one of the branch points is infinity, we omit the corresponding term in the product. The closure of this curve in the projective plane has a singularity on the line <math>\mathbb{P}^2\setminus\mathbb{A}^2</math>. | If the <math>2g+2</math> branch points of a hyperelliptic double cover <math>C\to\mathbb{P}^1</math> are <math>w_1,\ldots w_{2g+2}</math> then C is [[birational]] to the plane curve <math>\mbox{Nulls}(y^2=(x-w_1)(x-w_2)\cdots(x-w_{2g+1})(x-w_{2g+2}))\subset\mathbb{A}^2</math>, where if one of the branch points is infinity, we omit the corresponding term in the product. The closure of this curve in the projective plane has a singularity on the line <math>\mathbb{P}^2\setminus\mathbb{A}^2</math>. | ||
== Curves of genus 2 == | |||
If the genus of <math>C</math> is 2, then the degree of the [[canonical class]] <math>K_C</math> is 2, and <math>h^0(K_C)=2</math>. Hence the [[canonical map]] is a double cover. The [[Jacobian variety]] of such a curve is an [[Abelian surface]]. | If the genus of <math>C</math> is 2, then the degree of the [[canonical class]] <math>K_C</math> is 2, and <math>h^0(K_C)=2</math>. Hence the [[canonical map]] is a double cover. The [[Jacobian variety]] of such a curve is an [[Abelian surface]]. | ||
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If <math>p</math> is a rational point on a hyperelliptic curve, then for all <math>k</math> we have <math>h^0((2(k+1))p)\geq h^0(2kp)+1</math>. Hence we must have <math>h^0((2g-2)p)\geq g</math>. However, by Riemann-Roch this implies that the divisor <math>(2g-2)p</math> is [[rationally equivalent]] to the canonical class <math>K_C</math>. Hence the canonical class of <math>C</math> is <math>g-1</math> times the hyperelliptic class of <math>C</math>, and the canonical image of <math>C</math> is a rational curve of degree <math>g-1</math>. | If <math>p</math> is a rational point on a hyperelliptic curve, then for all <math>k</math> we have <math>h^0((2(k+1))p)\geq h^0(2kp)+1</math>. Hence we must have <math>h^0((2g-2)p)\geq g</math>. However, by Riemann-Roch this implies that the divisor <math>(2g-2)p</math> is [[rationally equivalent]] to the canonical class <math>K_C</math>. Hence the canonical class of <math>C</math> is <math>g-1</math> times the hyperelliptic class of <math>C</math>, and the canonical image of <math>C</math> is a rational curve of degree <math>g-1</math>. | ||
=== Level 2 structure === | === Level 2 structure === | ||
If <math>S</math> is a set of at most <math>g+1</math> Weierstrass points of <math>C</math> such that <math>\# S-(g+1)</math> is even, then <math>D_S:=[S]+\frac{\#S-(g+1)}{2}H_C</math> is a [[theta characteristic]] of <math>C</math>; i.e. <math>2D_S\sim K_C</math> in the Picard group of <math>C</math>. Moreover, it can be shown that <math>h^0(D_S)=1+\frac{\#S-(g+1)}{2}</math>, and if there are two such sets <math>S\neq S'</math>, then either <math>D_S\neq D_S'</math> or <math>S'\cup S</math> is the set of all | If <math>S</math> is a set of at most <math>g+1</math> Weierstrass points of <math>C</math> such that <math>\# S-(g+1)</math> is even, then <math>D_S:=[S]+\frac{\#S-(g+1)}{2}H_C</math> is a [[theta characteristic]] of <math>C</math>; i.e. <math>2D_S\sim K_C</math> is in the Picard group of <math>C</math>. Moreover, it can be shown that <math>h^0(D_S)=1+\frac{\#S-(g+1)}{2}</math>, and if there are two such sets <math>S\neq S'</math>, then either <math>D_S\neq D_S'</math> or <math>S'\cup S</math> is the set of all Weierstrass points on <math>C</math>. | ||
Every theta characteristics may be obtained in this way: Indeed if we count each set <math>S</math> together with its complementary set in the set of Weierstrass points (and then divide by 2) then the combinatorial description above tells us that any partition of the set of Weierstrass points into two sets such that the difference between the cardinalities is divisible by 4, induces a theta characteristic. In this way we count a total of <math>\frac{1}{2}\sum_{4|2g+2-2k}\mbox{binom}(2g+2,k)</math> distinct theta characteristics . This combinatorial sum is <math>2^{2g}</math> which is the number of theta characteristics on a curve of genus <math>g</math>. Hence our description exhausts all the theta characteristics. | |||
[[Image:family_bitangents.png|200px|thumb|a family of bitangents to canonical curves of genus 3 degenerate to a line connecting images of two Weierstrass points of a canonical image of a hyperelliptic curve of genus 3]] | [[Image:family_bitangents.png|200px|thumb|a family of bitangents to canonical curves of genus 3 degenerate to a line connecting images of two Weierstrass points of a canonical image of a hyperelliptic curve of genus 3]] | ||
* In genus 2, there are 6 Weierstrass points. Each of them is an odd theta characteristic. There are <math>\mbox{binom}(6,3)=20</math> three-tuples of distinct Weierstrass points, and hence there are <math>20/2=10</math> odd theta characteristics, as expected. It is interesting to understand the geometrical meaning of pairs of Weierstrass points: if <math>p_1,p_2</math> are two distinct Weierstrass points on <math>C</math> then <math>p_1+p_2-H_C</math> is a 2-torsion point on the [[Jacobian]] of <math>C</math>, in this way we can express all the <math>2^4-1=15=\mbox{binom}(6,2)</math> non-trivial 2-torsion points on this Jacobian. Moreover, if <math>p_3+p_4-H_C</math> is another (and different) 2-torsion point, then the <math>Weil pairing</math> between the two 2-torsion points is given by <math>\{p_1,p_2\}\cap\{p_3,p_4\}</math>. | * In genus 2, there are 6 Weierstrass points. Each of them is an odd theta characteristic. There are <math>\mbox{binom}(6,3)=20</math> three-tuples of distinct Weierstrass points, and hence there are <math>20/2=10</math> odd theta characteristics, as expected. It is interesting to understand the geometrical meaning of pairs of Weierstrass points: if <math>p_1,p_2</math> are two distinct Weierstrass points on <math>C</math> then <math>p_1+p_2-H_C</math> is a 2-torsion point on the [[Jacobian]] of <math>C</math>, in this way we can express all the <math>2^4-1=15=\mbox{binom}(6,2)</math> non-trivial 2-torsion points on this Jacobian. Moreover, if <math>p_3+p_4-H_C</math> is another (and different) 2-torsion point, then the <math>Weil pairing</math> between the two 2-torsion points is given by <math>\{p_1,p_2\}\cap\{p_3,p_4\}</math>. | ||
* In genus 3, there are 8 Weierstrass points. The even theta characteristics are given by the empty set and by partitions of these 8 points into two distinct sets - hence we get <math>1+\mbox{binom}(8,4)/2=36</math> even theta characteristics. | * In genus 3, there are 8 Weierstrass points. The even theta characteristics are given by the empty set and by partitions of these 8 points into two distinct sets - hence we get <math>1+\mbox{binom}(8,4)/2=36</math> even theta characteristics. The odd theta characteristics are given by the <math>\mbox{binom}(8,2)=28</math> pairs of Weierstrass points. The canonical map in this case maps the curve <math>C</math> to a double cover of a plane conic. Consider a family of canonically embedded genus 3 curves with parameter <math>t</math> given by <math>\mbox{Nulls}(Q^2+tF)</math>, where we identify the double conic <math>Q^2</math> with the canonical image of <math>C</math> and where the Weierstrass points are the intersection points of <math>\mbox{Nulls}(Q)\cap \mbox{Nulls}(F)</math>. Then it can be shown that the "limit" of the bitangents of the curves in the family (which are the odd theta characteristics) are the lines connecting pairs of images of Weierstrass points on <math>C</math>. | ||
== Moduli of hyperelliptic curves == | == Moduli of hyperelliptic curves == | ||
Since for any set <math>B</math> of <math>2g+2</math> points on <math>\mathbb{P}^1</math> there is a unique double cover <math>C\to\mathbb{P}^1</math> with branch divisor <math>B</math>, the [[coarse moduli space]] of hyperelliptic curves of genus <math>g</math> is isomorphic to the moduli of <math>2g+2</math> points on <math>\mathbb{P}^1</math>, up to projective transformations. However, as there are more | Since for any set <math>B</math> of <math>2g+2</math> points on <math>\mathbb{P}^1</math> there is a unique double cover <math>C\to\mathbb{P}^1</math> with branch divisor <math>B</math>, the [[coarse moduli space]] of hyperelliptic curves of genus <math>g</math> is isomorphic to the moduli of <math>2g+2</math> points on <math>\mathbb{P}^1</math>, up to projective transformations. However, as there are more than three points in <math>B</math>, there is a finite non-empty subset of <math>\mbox{Aut}(\mathbb{P}^1)=\mbox{PGL}_2</math> that sends three of the points in <math>B</math> to <math>0,1,\infty</math>. Thus, the moduli of space which parametrizes <math>2g+2</math> distinct points on <math>\mathbb{P}^1</math> up to projective transformations, is a finite quotient of the space of distinct <math>2g-1</math> points on <math>\mathbb{P}^1\setminus\{0,1,\infty\}</math>. Specifically this space is an [[irreducible]] [[affine scheme]] of dimension <math>2g-1</math>. | ||
=== Compactifications of the moduli === | === Compactifications of the moduli === | ||
There are two standard "natural" compactifications of the moduli of <math>n</math> distinct points on <math>\mathbb{P}^1</math>. One is the [[binary forms]] compactification <math>\overline{\mathcal{B}}_n</math>: the [[GIT quotient]] of homogeneous polynomials of degree <math>n</math> in two variables by the group <math>PGL_2</math> acting on the linear span of the variables. The second compactification is the [[Deligne-Mumford compactification]] of the [[moduli of pointed curves]] <math>\overline{\mathcal{M}}_{0,n}</math>. For the case <math>n=2g+2</math> Avritzer and Lange constructed a surjective morphism <math>\overline{\mathcal{M}}_{0,2g+2}\to\overline{\mathcal{B}}_{2g+2}</math>, thus relating these compactifications | There are two standard "natural" compactifications of the moduli of <math>n</math> distinct points on <math>\mathbb{P}^1</math>. One is the [[binary forms]] compactification <math>\overline{\mathcal{B}}_n</math>: the [[GIT quotient]] of homogeneous polynomials of degree <math>n</math> in two variables by the group <math>PGL_2</math> acting on the linear span of the variables. The second compactification is the [[Deligne-Mumford compactification]] of the [[moduli of pointed curves]] <math>\overline{\mathcal{M}}_{0,n}</math>. For the case <math>n=2g+2</math> Avritzer and Lange constructed a surjective morphism <math>\overline{\mathcal{M}}_{0,2g+2}\to\overline{\mathcal{B}}_{2g+2}</math>, thus relating these compactifications in the hyperelliptic case. Finally, the closure of the locus of hyperelliptic curves in the moduli [[stack]] <math>\overline{\mathcal{M}}_g</math> of curves of genus <math>g</math>, is a degree <math>1/2</math> cover of <math>\overline{\mathcal{M}}_{0,2g+2}</math>. | ||
== References == | |||
[[Category: | * E. Arbarello, M. Cornalba, P. Griffiths, J. Harris: ''Geometry of Algebraic Curves, I''. Grund. series, vol. 267, Springer. ISBN 0387909974 (theta characteristics on hyperelliptic curves) | ||
* D. Avritzer, H. Lange ''The moduli spaces of hyperelliptic curves and binary forms'' Math Z. Volume 242, Number 4, 2002 | |||
* I. Dolgachev ''Invariant theory'' ISBN 0521525489 (binary forms compactification) | |||
* J. Harris and D. Morison ''Moduli of curves'' ISBN 0387984291 (degeneration of bitangents)[[Category:Suggestion Bot Tag]] | |||
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In algebraic geometry and in the theory of Riemann surfaces a hyperelliptic curve is an algebraic curve of genus greater than 1, which admits a double cover . These curves are among the simplest algebraic curves: they are all birationally equivalent to curves of the form in the affine plane, where is a polynomial in , and the degree of is either twice the genus of the curve plus 2, or twice the genus of the curve plus one.
If a double cover exists, then it is the unique double cover , and it is called the "hyperelliptic double cover". The involution induced on the curve by interchanging between the two "sheets" of the double cover is called the "hyperelliptic involution". The divisor class of a fiber of the hyperelliptic double cover is called the "hyperelliptic class".
Weierstrass points
By the Riemann-Hurwitz formula the hyperelliptic double cover has exactly branch points. For each branch point we have . Hence these points are all Weierstrass points. Moreover, we see that for each of these points , and thus the Weierstrass weight of each of these points is at least . However, by the second part of the Weierstrass gap theorem, the total weight of Weierstrass points is , and thus the Weierstrass points of are exactly the branch points of the hyperelliptic double cover.
Given a set of distinct points on , there is a unique double cover of whose branch divisor is the set . From an algebro-geometric point of view one can construct the curve by taking the of the sheaf whose sections over an open subset satisfy .
The plane model
If the branch points of a hyperelliptic double cover are then C is birational to the plane curve , where if one of the branch points is infinity, we omit the corresponding term in the product. The closure of this curve in the projective plane has a singularity on the line .
Curves of genus 2
If the genus of is 2, then the degree of the canonical class is 2, and . Hence the canonical map is a double cover. The Jacobian variety of such a curve is an Abelian surface.
The canonical system
If is a rational point on a hyperelliptic curve, then for all we have . Hence we must have . However, by Riemann-Roch this implies that the divisor is rationally equivalent to the canonical class . Hence the canonical class of is times the hyperelliptic class of , and the canonical image of is a rational curve of degree .
Level 2 structure
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- In genus 3, there are 8 Weierstrass points. The even theta characteristics are given by the empty set and by partitions of these 8 points into two distinct sets - hence we get Failed to parse (SVG (MathML can be enabled via browser plugin): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle 1+\mbox{binom}(8,4)/2=36} even theta characteristics. The odd theta characteristics are given by the Failed to parse (SVG (MathML can be enabled via browser plugin): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle \mbox{binom}(8,2)=28} pairs of Weierstrass points. The canonical map in this case maps the curve Failed to parse (SVG (MathML can be enabled via browser plugin): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle C} to a double cover of a plane conic. Consider a family of canonically embedded genus 3 curves with parameter Failed to parse (SVG (MathML can be enabled via browser plugin): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle t} given by Failed to parse (SVG (MathML can be enabled via browser plugin): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle \mbox{Nulls}(Q^2+tF)} , where we identify the double conic Failed to parse (SVG (MathML can be enabled via browser plugin): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle Q^2} with the canonical image of Failed to parse (SVG (MathML can be enabled via browser plugin): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle C} and where the Weierstrass points are the intersection points of Failed to parse (SVG (MathML can be enabled via browser plugin): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle \mbox{Nulls}(Q)\cap \mbox{Nulls}(F)} . Then it can be shown that the "limit" of the bitangents of the curves in the family (which are the odd theta characteristics) are the lines connecting pairs of images of Weierstrass points on Failed to parse (SVG (MathML can be enabled via browser plugin): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle C} .
Moduli of hyperelliptic curves
Since for any set Failed to parse (SVG (MathML can be enabled via browser plugin): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle B} of Failed to parse (SVG (MathML can be enabled via browser plugin): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle 2g+2} points on Failed to parse (SVG (MathML can be enabled via browser plugin): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle \mathbb{P}^1} there is a unique double cover Failed to parse (SVG (MathML can be enabled via browser plugin): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle C\to\mathbb{P}^1} with branch divisor Failed to parse (SVG (MathML can be enabled via browser plugin): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle B} , the coarse moduli space of hyperelliptic curves of genus Failed to parse (SVG (MathML can be enabled via browser plugin): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle g} is isomorphic to the moduli of Failed to parse (SVG (MathML can be enabled via browser plugin): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle 2g+2} points on Failed to parse (SVG (MathML can be enabled via browser plugin): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle \mathbb{P}^1} , up to projective transformations. However, as there are more than three points in Failed to parse (SVG (MathML can be enabled via browser plugin): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle B} , there is a finite non-empty subset of Failed to parse (SVG (MathML can be enabled via browser plugin): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle \mbox{Aut}(\mathbb{P}^1)=\mbox{PGL}_2} that sends three of the points in Failed to parse (SVG (MathML can be enabled via browser plugin): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle B} to Failed to parse (SVG (MathML can be enabled via browser plugin): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle 0,1,\infty} . Thus, the moduli of space which parametrizes Failed to parse (SVG (MathML can be enabled via browser plugin): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle 2g+2} distinct points on Failed to parse (SVG (MathML can be enabled via browser plugin): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle \mathbb{P}^1} up to projective transformations, is a finite quotient of the space of distinct Failed to parse (SVG (MathML can be enabled via browser plugin): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle 2g-1} points on Failed to parse (SVG (MathML can be enabled via browser plugin): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle \mathbb{P}^1\setminus\{0,1,\infty\}} . Specifically this space is an irreducible affine scheme of dimension Failed to parse (SVG (MathML can be enabled via browser plugin): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle 2g-1} .
Compactifications of the moduli
There are two standard "natural" compactifications of the moduli of Failed to parse (SVG (MathML can be enabled via browser plugin): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle n} distinct points on Failed to parse (SVG (MathML can be enabled via browser plugin): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle \mathbb{P}^1} . One is the binary forms compactification Failed to parse (SVG (MathML can be enabled via browser plugin): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle \overline{\mathcal{B}}_n} : the GIT quotient of homogeneous polynomials of degree Failed to parse (SVG (MathML can be enabled via browser plugin): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle n} in two variables by the group Failed to parse (SVG (MathML can be enabled via browser plugin): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle PGL_2} acting on the linear span of the variables. The second compactification is the Deligne-Mumford compactification of the moduli of pointed curves Failed to parse (SVG (MathML can be enabled via browser plugin): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle \overline{\mathcal{M}}_{0,n}} . For the case Failed to parse (SVG (MathML can be enabled via browser plugin): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle n=2g+2} Avritzer and Lange constructed a surjective morphism Failed to parse (SVG (MathML can be enabled via browser plugin): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle \overline{\mathcal{M}}_{0,2g+2}\to\overline{\mathcal{B}}_{2g+2}} , thus relating these compactifications in the hyperelliptic case. Finally, the closure of the locus of hyperelliptic curves in the moduli stack Failed to parse (SVG (MathML can be enabled via browser plugin): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle \overline{\mathcal{M}}_g} of curves of genus Failed to parse (SVG (MathML can be enabled via browser plugin): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle g} , is a degree Failed to parse (SVG (MathML can be enabled via browser plugin): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle 1/2} cover of Failed to parse (SVG (MathML can be enabled via browser plugin): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle \overline{\mathcal{M}}_{0,2g+2}} .
References
- E. Arbarello, M. Cornalba, P. Griffiths, J. Harris: Geometry of Algebraic Curves, I. Grund. series, vol. 267, Springer. ISBN 0387909974 (theta characteristics on hyperelliptic curves)
- D. Avritzer, H. Lange The moduli spaces of hyperelliptic curves and binary forms Math Z. Volume 242, Number 4, 2002
- I. Dolgachev Invariant theory ISBN 0521525489 (binary forms compactification)
- J. Harris and D. Morison Moduli of curves ISBN 0387984291 (degeneration of bitangents)