Clusters, toric ranks, and 2-ranks of hyperelliptic curves in the wild case

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Auteurs principaux: Fiore, Leonardo, Yelton, Jeffrey
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author Fiore, Leonardo
Yelton, Jeffrey
author_facet Fiore, Leonardo
Yelton, Jeffrey
contents Given a Galois cover $Y \to X$ of smooth projective geometrically connected curves over a complete discrete valuation field $K$ with algebraically closed residue field, we define a semistable model of $Y$ over the ring of integers of a finite extension of $K$ which we call the \emph{relatively stable model} $\Yrst$ of $Y$, and we discuss its properties, focusing on the case when $Y : y^2 = f(x)$ is a hyperelliptic curve viewed as a degree-$2$ cover of the projective line $X := \proj_K^1$. Over residue characteristic different from $2$, it follows from known results that the toric rank (i.e.\ the number of loops in the graph of components) of the special fiber of $\Yrst$ can be computed directly from the knowledge of the even-cardinality clusters of roots of the defining polynomial $f$. We instead consider the ``wild" case of residue characteristic $2$ and demonstrate an analog to this result, showing that each even-cardinality cluster of roots of $f$ gives rise to a loop in the graph of components of the special fiber of $\Yrst$ if and only if the depth of the cluster exceeds some threshold, and we provide a computational description of and bounds for that threshold. As a bonus, our framework also allows us to provide a formula for the $2$-rank of the special fiber of $\Yrst$.
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spellingShingle Clusters, toric ranks, and 2-ranks of hyperelliptic curves in the wild case
Fiore, Leonardo
Yelton, Jeffrey
Algebraic Geometry
Number Theory
11G20, 11G07, 14H20
Given a Galois cover $Y \to X$ of smooth projective geometrically connected curves over a complete discrete valuation field $K$ with algebraically closed residue field, we define a semistable model of $Y$ over the ring of integers of a finite extension of $K$ which we call the \emph{relatively stable model} $\Yrst$ of $Y$, and we discuss its properties, focusing on the case when $Y : y^2 = f(x)$ is a hyperelliptic curve viewed as a degree-$2$ cover of the projective line $X := \proj_K^1$. Over residue characteristic different from $2$, it follows from known results that the toric rank (i.e.\ the number of loops in the graph of components) of the special fiber of $\Yrst$ can be computed directly from the knowledge of the even-cardinality clusters of roots of the defining polynomial $f$. We instead consider the ``wild" case of residue characteristic $2$ and demonstrate an analog to this result, showing that each even-cardinality cluster of roots of $f$ gives rise to a loop in the graph of components of the special fiber of $\Yrst$ if and only if the depth of the cluster exceeds some threshold, and we provide a computational description of and bounds for that threshold. As a bonus, our framework also allows us to provide a formula for the $2$-rank of the special fiber of $\Yrst$.
title Clusters, toric ranks, and 2-ranks of hyperelliptic curves in the wild case
topic Algebraic Geometry
Number Theory
11G20, 11G07, 14H20
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2403.19700