On the biggest purely non-free conformal actions on compact Riemann surfaces and their asymptotic properties

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Main Authors: Bagiński, C., Gromadzki, G., Hidalgo, R. A.
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author Bagiński, C.
Gromadzki, G.
Hidalgo, R. A.
author_facet Bagiński, C.
Gromadzki, G.
Hidalgo, R. A.
contents A continuous action of a finite group $G$ on a closed orientable surface $X$ is said to be gpnf (Gilman purely non-free) if every element of $G$ has a fixed point on $X$. We prove that the biggest order {$μ(g)$}, of a gpnf-action on a surface of even genus $g \geq 2$, is bounded below by $8g$ and that this bound is sharp for infinitely many even $g$ as well. This provides, for even genera, a gpnf-action analog of the celebrated Accola-Maclachlan bound $8g+8$ for arbitrary finite continuous actions. We also describe the asymptotic behavior of $μ$. We define $\mathcal{M}$ as the set of values of the form $$\widetildeμ(g)=\frac{μ(g)}{g+1},$$ and its subsets $\mathcal{M}_+$ and $\mathcal{M}_-$ corresponding to even and odd genera $g$. We show that the set $\mathcal{M}_+^d$, of accumulation points of $\mathcal{M}_+$, consists of a single number $8$. If $g$ is odd, then we prove that $4g \leq μ(g)<8g$. We conjecture that this lower bound is sharp for infinitely many odd $g$. Finally, we prove that this conjecture implies that $4$ is the only element of $\mathcal{M}_-^d$, leading to $\mathcal{M}^d=\{4,8\}.$
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spellingShingle On the biggest purely non-free conformal actions on compact Riemann surfaces and their asymptotic properties
Bagiński, C.
Gromadzki, G.
Hidalgo, R. A.
Geometric Topology
Algebraic Geometry
57M60, 20H10, 30F10
A continuous action of a finite group $G$ on a closed orientable surface $X$ is said to be gpnf (Gilman purely non-free) if every element of $G$ has a fixed point on $X$. We prove that the biggest order {$μ(g)$}, of a gpnf-action on a surface of even genus $g \geq 2$, is bounded below by $8g$ and that this bound is sharp for infinitely many even $g$ as well. This provides, for even genera, a gpnf-action analog of the celebrated Accola-Maclachlan bound $8g+8$ for arbitrary finite continuous actions. We also describe the asymptotic behavior of $μ$. We define $\mathcal{M}$ as the set of values of the form $$\widetildeμ(g)=\frac{μ(g)}{g+1},$$ and its subsets $\mathcal{M}_+$ and $\mathcal{M}_-$ corresponding to even and odd genera $g$. We show that the set $\mathcal{M}_+^d$, of accumulation points of $\mathcal{M}_+$, consists of a single number $8$. If $g$ is odd, then we prove that $4g \leq μ(g)<8g$. We conjecture that this lower bound is sharp for infinitely many odd $g$. Finally, we prove that this conjecture implies that $4$ is the only element of $\mathcal{M}_-^d$, leading to $\mathcal{M}^d=\{4,8\}.$
title On the biggest purely non-free conformal actions on compact Riemann surfaces and their asymptotic properties
topic Geometric Topology
Algebraic Geometry
57M60, 20H10, 30F10
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2605.04214