Level structures on the Weierstrass family of cubics

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2005-12-06

arxiv.org/abs/math/0512117v2

Communications in Algebra, 35:1249--1261, 2007

Mathematics

Algebraic Geometry

LaTeX, 12 pages; added section giving a topological interpretation of the results

Scientific paper

10.1080/00927870601142256

Let W -> A^2 be the universal Weierstrass family of cubic curves over C. For each N >= 2, we construct surfaces parametrizing the three standard kinds of level N structures on the smooth fibers of W. We then complete these surfaces to finite covers of A^2. Since W -> A^2 is the versal deformation space of a cusp singularity, these surfaces convey information about the level structure on any family of curves of genus g degenerating to a cuspidal curve. Our goal in this note is to determine for which values of N these surfaces are smooth over (0,0). From a topological perspective, the results determine the homeomorphism type of certain branched covers of S^3 with monodromy in SL_2(Z/N).

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