Arithmeticity of the monodromy of the Wiman-Edge pencil

Benson Farb, Eduard Looijenga

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Abstract

The Wiman–Edge pencil is the universal family of projective, genus 6, complex-algebraic curves endowed with a faithful action of the icosahedral group. The goal of this paper is to prove that its monodromy group is commensurable with a Hilbert modular group; in particular is arithmetic. We then give a modular interpretation of this, as well as a uniformization of its base.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1325-1361
Number of pages36
JournalAnnales de l'Institut Fourier
Volume71
Issue number4
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 8 Dec 2021

Keywords

  • Mathematics - Algebraic Geometry
  • Mathematics - Geometric Topology

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