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Funktsional. Anal. i Prilozhen., 2025 Volume 59, Issue 4, Pages 40–51 (Mi faa4274)

Separating semigroup of genus 4 curves

Stepan Orevkovab

a Steklov Mathematical Institute of Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
b Institut de Mathématiques de Toulouse, Université de Toulouse, Toulouse, France

Abstract: A rational function on a real algebraic curve $C$ is called separating if it takes real values only at real points. Such a function defines a covering $\mathbb R C\to\mathbb{RP}^1$. Let $c_1,\dots,c_r$ be the connected components of $\mathbb R C$. M. Kummer and K. Shaw defined the separating semigroup of $C$ as the set of all sequences $(d_1(f),\dots,d_r(f))$ where $f$ is a separating function, and $d_i(f)$ is the degree of the restriction of $f$ to $c_i$.
In the present paper, we describe the separating semigroups of all genus 4 curves. For the proofs, we consider the canonical embedding of $C$ into a quadric $X$ in $\mathbb P^3$, and apply Abel's theorem to 1-forms on $C$ obtained as Poincaré residues of certain meromorphic 2-forms.

Keywords: separating semigroup, real algebraic curve.

MSC: 14H51

Received: 02.12.2024
Revised: 07.04.2025
Accepted: 09.04.2025

DOI: 10.4213/faa4274


 English version:
Functional Analysis and Its Applications, 2025, 59:4, 421–429

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