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On the Monodromy Groups of Riemann Surfaces of Genus ≧1

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 November 2018

Kathryn Kuiken
Kathryn Kuiken*
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Polytechnic Institute of New York, New York, New York
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It is well-known [5, 19] that every finite group can appear as a group of automorphisms of an algebraic Riemann surface. Hurwitz [9, 10] showed that the order of such a group can never exceed 84 (g – 1) provided that the genus g is ≧2. In fact, he showed that this bound is the best possible since groups of automorphisms of order 84 (g – 1) are obtainable for some surfaces of genus g. The problems considered by Hurwitz and others can be considered as particular cases of a more general question: Given a finite group G, what is the minimum genus of the surface for which it is a group of automorphisms? This question has been completely answered for cyclic groups by Harvey [7]. Wiman's bound 2(2g + 1), the best possible, materializes as a consequence. A further step was taken by Maclachlan who answered this question for non-cyclic Abelian groups.

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Canadian Journal of Mathematics , Volume 33 , Issue 5 , 01 October 1981 , pp. 1142 - 1156
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Copyright © Canadian Mathematical Society 1981

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