Monodromy of stable curves of compact type: rigidity and extension

dc.creatorBoggi, Marco
dc.date2006-04-12
dc.date2007-06-06
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-07T08:04:14Z
dc.date.available2026-07-07T08:04:14Z
dc.descriptionLet ${\cal M}_{g,n}$, for $2g-2+n>0$, be the moduli stack of $n$-pointed, genus $g$, smooth curves. For a family $C\to S$ of such curves over a connected base and a geometric point $ξ$ on $S$, the associated monodromy representation is the induced homomorphism $π_1(S,ξ)\toπ_1({\cal M}_{g,n},[C_ξ])$ on algebraic fundamental groups. It is well known that, if $S$ is irreducible, reduced and locally of finite type over a field $k$ of characteristic zero, the fibre $C_ξ$ and the corresponding monodromy representation determine the relative isomorphism class of the family. In the first part of the paper, it is shown that suitable quotients of this representation suffice. These results are then applied to show that the monodromy representation associated to a family $C\to S$ of $n$-pointed, genus $g$, stable curves of compact type, i.e. the induced homomorphism $π_1(S,ξ)\toπ_1(\widetilde{\cal M}_{g,n},[C_ξ])$ (where, $\widetilde{\cal M}_{g,n}$ denotes the moduli stack of $n$-pointed, genus $g$, stable curves of compact type), characterizes trivial and isotrivial families. Let $U$ be an open subscheme of a normal, irreducible, locally noetherian scheme $S$ over a field $k$ of characteristic zero and let $C\ra U$ be a family of stable curves of compact type. In the second part of the paper, a monodromy criterion is given for extending $C\to U$ to a family of stable curves of compact type over $S$.
dc.description13 pages; revised version (substantial changes in Section 1); published on IMRN
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/math/0604272
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/math/0604272
dc.identifierInterantional Mathematics Research Notices, Vol. 2007, Article ID rnm017
dc.identifierdoi:10.1093/imrn/rnm017
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/129882
dc.subjectAlgebraic Geometry
dc.subject14D05; 14H10; 14D06; 14K10
dc.titleMonodromy of stable curves of compact type: rigidity and extension
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