4.II.23H

Riemann Surfaces | Part II, 2005

Define what is meant by the degree of a non-constant holomorphic map between compact connected Riemann surfaces, and state the Riemann-Hurwitz formula.

Let EΛ=C/ΛE_{\Lambda}=\mathbb{C} / \Lambda be an elliptic curve defined by some lattice Λ\Lambda. Show that the map

ψ:z+ΛEΛz+ΛEΛ\psi: z+\Lambda \in E_{\Lambda} \rightarrow-z+\Lambda \in E_{\Lambda}

is biholomorphic, and that there are four points in EΛE_{\Lambda} fixed by ψ\psi.

Let S=EΛ/S=E_{\Lambda} / \sim be the quotient surface (the topological surface obtained by identifying z+Λz+\Lambda and ψ(z+Λ)\psi(z+\Lambda), for each z)z) and let π:EΛS\pi: E_{\Lambda} \rightarrow S be the corresponding projection map. Denote by EΛ0EΛE_{\Lambda}^{0} \subset E_{\Lambda} the complement of the four points fixed by ψ\psi, and let S0=π(EΛ0)S^{0}=\pi\left(E_{\Lambda}^{0}\right). Describe briefly a family of charts making S0S^{0} into a Riemann surface, so that π:EΛ0S0\pi: E_{\Lambda}^{0} \rightarrow S^{0} is a holomorphic map.

Now assume that the complex structure of S0S^{0} extends to SS, so that SS is a Riemann surface, and that the map π\pi is in fact holomorphic on all of EΛE_{\Lambda}. Calculate the genus of SS.

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