Algebraic $n$-Valued Monoids on $\mathbb{C}P^1$, Discriminants and Projective Duality

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Main Authors: Buchstaber, Victor, Kornev, Mikhail
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author Buchstaber, Victor
Kornev, Mikhail
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Kornev, Mikhail
contents In this work, we establish connections between the theory of algebraic $n$-valued monoids and groups and the theories of discriminants and projective duality. We show that the composition of projective duality followed by the Möbius transformation $z\mapsto 1/z$ defines a shift operation $\mathbb{M}_n(\mathbb{C}P^1)\mapsto \mathbb{M}_{n-1}(\mathbb{C}P^1)$ in the family of algebraic $n$-valued coset monoids $\{\mathbb{M}_{n}(\mathbb{C}P^1)\}_{n\in\mathbb{N}}$. We also show that projective duality sends each Fermat curve $x^n+y^n=z^n$ $(n\ge 2)$ to the curve $p_{n-1}(z^n; x^n, y^n)=0$, where the polynomial $p_n(z;x,y)$ defines the addition law in the monoid $\mathbb{M}_n(\mathbb{C}P^1)$. We solve the problem of describing coset $n$-valued addition laws constructed from cubic curves. As a corollary, we obtain that all such addition laws are given by polynomials, whereas the addition laws of formal groups on general cubic curves are given by series.
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spellingShingle Algebraic $n$-Valued Monoids on $\mathbb{C}P^1$, Discriminants and Projective Duality
Buchstaber, Victor
Kornev, Mikhail
Group Theory
Algebraic Geometry
Algebraic Topology
In this work, we establish connections between the theory of algebraic $n$-valued monoids and groups and the theories of discriminants and projective duality. We show that the composition of projective duality followed by the Möbius transformation $z\mapsto 1/z$ defines a shift operation $\mathbb{M}_n(\mathbb{C}P^1)\mapsto \mathbb{M}_{n-1}(\mathbb{C}P^1)$ in the family of algebraic $n$-valued coset monoids $\{\mathbb{M}_{n}(\mathbb{C}P^1)\}_{n\in\mathbb{N}}$. We also show that projective duality sends each Fermat curve $x^n+y^n=z^n$ $(n\ge 2)$ to the curve $p_{n-1}(z^n; x^n, y^n)=0$, where the polynomial $p_n(z;x,y)$ defines the addition law in the monoid $\mathbb{M}_n(\mathbb{C}P^1)$. We solve the problem of describing coset $n$-valued addition laws constructed from cubic curves. As a corollary, we obtain that all such addition laws are given by polynomials, whereas the addition laws of formal groups on general cubic curves are given by series.
title Algebraic $n$-Valued Monoids on $\mathbb{C}P^1$, Discriminants and Projective Duality
topic Group Theory
Algebraic Geometry
Algebraic Topology
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2510.14010