On anticonformal automorphisms of Riemann surfaces with nonembeddable square

In this paper we present an example of an anticonformal automorphism whose square has prime order and is not embeddable. We prove that every embeddable automorphism of odd order of a compact Riemann surface is the square of an orientation-reversing self-homeomorphism. Finally we study whether a conformal involution is the square of an orientation-reversing automorphism.

     

Embeddable anticonformal automorphisms of Riemann surfaces

Let S be a Riemann surface and f be an automorphism of finite order of S. We call f embeddable if there is a conformal embedding such that is the restriction to e(S) of a rigid motion. In this paper we show that an anticonformal automorphism of finite order is embeddable if and only if it belongs to one of the topological conjugation classes here described. For conformal automorphisms a similar result was known by R.A. Rüedy [R3]. Received: February 8, 1996     

On the topological types of symmetries of elliptic-hyperelliptic Riemann surfaces

LetX be a Riemann surface of genusg. The surfaceX is called elliptic-hyperelliptic if it admits a conformal involutionh such that the orbit spaceX/〈h〉 has genus one. The involutionh is then called an elliptic-hyperelliptic involution. Ifg>5 then the involutionh is unique, see [A]. We call symmetry to any anticonformal involution ofX. LetAut ^±(X) be the group of conformal and anticonformal automorphisms ofX and letσ, τ be two symmetries ofX with fixed points and such that {σ, hσ} and {τ, hτ} are not conjugate inAut ^±(X). We describe all the possible topological conjugacy classes of {σ, σh, τ, τh}. As consequence of our study we obtain that, in the moduli space of complex algebraic curves of genusg (g even >5), the subspace whose elements are the elliptic-hyperelliptic real algebraic curves is not connected. This fact contrasts with the result in [Se]: the subspace whose elements are the hyperelliptic real algebraic curves is connected. The authors are supported by BFM2002-04801.     

Sets of periods for automorphisms of compact Riemann surfaces

Let G=〈f〉 be a finite cyclic group of order N that acts by conformal automorphisms on a compact Riemann surface S of genus g≥2. Associated to this is a set A of periods defined to be the subset of proper divisors d of N such that, for some x∈S, x is fixed by f^d but not by any smaller power of f. For an arbitrary subset A of proper divisors of N, there is always an associated action and, if g_A denotes the minimal genus for such an action, an algorithm is obtained here to determine g_A. Furthermore, a set A_max is determined for which g_A is maximal.     

A matrix representation for automorphisms of compact Riemann surfaces

In this paper we prove a result which has as corollaries theorems of Hurwitz, Accola, Grothendieck, and Serre on automorphisms of Riemann surfaces.     

Uniform structures and square roots in topological groups

Topological groups which are free from small subgroups and topological groups with locally uniformly continuous group multiplication are considered. Results concerning square roots, one-parameter subgroups and extensions of local groups are obtained as well as some generalisations of theorems for locally compact groups.     

On gonality of Riemann surfaces

A compact Riemann surface X is called a (p, n)-gonal surface if there exists a group of automorphisms C of X (called a (p, n)-gonal group) of prime order p such that the orbit space X/C has genus n. We derive some basic properties of (p, n)-gonal surfaces considered as generalizations of hyperelliptic surfaces and also examine certain properties which do not generalize. In particular, we find a condition which guarantees all (p, n)-gonal groups are conjugate in the full automorphism group of a (p, n)-gonal surface, and we find an upper bound for the size of the corresponding conjugacy class. Furthermore we give an upper bound for the number of conjugacy classes of (p, n)-gonal groups of a (p, n)-gonal surface in the general case. We finish by analyzing certain properties of quasiplatonic (p, n)-gonal surfaces. An open problem and two conjectures are formulated in the paper.