Realizability of branched coverings of surfaces
Realizability of branched coverings of surfaces
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表面分支覆盖的可实现性
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1984
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通讯作者:
R. Stong
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作者:
A. Edmonds;R. Kulkarni;R. Stong
ABSrRACT. A branched covering M N of degree d between closed surfaces determines a collection 6D of partitions of d-its "branch data"-corresponding to the set of branch points. The collection of partitions must satisfy certain obvious conditions implied by the Riemann-Hurwitz formula. This paper investigates the extent to which any such finite collection 6D of partitions of d can be realized as the branch data of a suitable branched covering. If N is not the 2-sphere, such data can always be realized. If 6D contains sufficiently many elements compared to d, then it can be realized. And whenever d is nonprime, examples are constructed of nonrealizable data.