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arxiv: 2303.05468 · v2 · submitted 2023-03-09 · 🧮 math.AG

Quasi-abelian group as automorphism group of Riemann surfaces

Rub\'en A. Hidalgo , Yerika Mar\'in Montilla , Sa\'ul Quispe This is my paper

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The quasi-abelian group QA_n of order 2^n acts conformally or anticonformally on Riemann surfaces, pseudo-real surfaces, and Klein surfaces of minimal genus.

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The paper studies actions of the quasi-abelian group QA_n for n at least 4 on closed Riemann surfaces, on pseudo-real Riemann surfaces, and on closed Klein surfaces. It determines the smallest genus admitting such an action and checks whether each action is topologically rigid. The work treats two separate situations for pseudo-real surfaces: those whose QA_n action contains anticonformal elements and those whose action contains only conformal elements.

Core claim

QA_n admits conformal or anticonformal actions realizing the minimal possible genus on each class of surface, and each such action is topologically rigid. The minimal genus is computed explicitly, and the two cases for pseudo-real surfaces are handled separately according to the presence or absence of anticonformal elements.

What carries the argument

The quasi-abelian group QA_n of order 2^n together with its conformal and anticonformal actions on the surfaces.

If this is right

  • The minimal genus for QA_n-actions is settled for closed Riemann surfaces, for pseudo-real surfaces in both variants, and for Klein surfaces.
  • Each realized action is topologically rigid.
  • The presence or absence of anticonformal elements produces distinct minimal genera and rigidity behaviors on pseudo-real surfaces.

Where Pith is reading between the lines

These are editorial extensions of the paper, not claims the author makes directly.

  • The same minimal-genus computation could be attempted for other families of 2-groups that are close to abelian.
  • The separation into cases with and without anticonformal elements may apply to automorphism groups of other surfaces that admit orientation-reversing symmetries.
  • Once the minimal-genus surfaces are constructed, their equations or fundamental-group presentations become candidates for further explicit study.

Load-bearing premise

QA_n actually admits actions on surfaces whose genera match the bounds derived in the paper.

What would settle it

An explicit QA_n action on a surface whose genus is strictly smaller than the minimal genus stated for that class of surface, or a QA_n action on a surface that fails to be topologically rigid.

read the original abstract

Conformal/anticonformal actions of the quasi-abelian group $QA_{n}$ of order $2^n$, for $n\geq 4$, on closed Riemann surfaces, pseudo-real Riemann surfaces and closed Klein surfaces are considered. We obtain several consequences, such as the solution of the minimum genus problem for the $QA_n$-actions, and for each of these actions, we study the topological rigidity action problem. In the case of pseudo-real surfaces, attention was typically restricted to group actions that admit anticonformal elements. In this paper we consider two cases: either $QA_n$ has anticonformal elements or only contains conformal elements.

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Referee Report

2 major / 2 minor

Summary. The paper studies conformal and anticonformal actions of the quasi-abelian groups QA_n (order 2^n, n≥4) on closed Riemann surfaces, pseudo-real Riemann surfaces, and closed Klein surfaces. It claims to solve the minimum genus problem for QA_n-actions in each setting and to resolve the topological rigidity problem, with separate treatment of the two cases for pseudo-real surfaces (QA_n containing anticonformal elements or consisting only of conformal elements).

Significance. If the derivations and constructions hold, the work would supply explicit minimum genera and rigidity classifications for this infinite family of 2-groups, extending known results on automorphism groups of surfaces and providing concrete data for both orientable and non-orientable cases.

major comments (2)
  1. [Abstract] Abstract: the claims that the minimum genus problem is solved and that topological rigidity is resolved rest on the existence of realizing QA_n-actions with the stated genus bounds, yet no explicit constructions, group presentations, or genus calculations appear in the provided abstract or summary; this is load-bearing for both main results.
  2. [Main body (case distinction for pseudo-real surfaces)] The two-case distinction for pseudo-real surfaces (with vs. without anticonformal elements) is introduced as a novel contribution, but the manuscript must supply the corresponding action definitions or epimorphisms from the surface group to QA_n that realize the claimed genera; without these, the separation into cases cannot be verified.
minor comments (2)
  1. Clarify the precise definition of the quasi-abelian group QA_n (e.g., its presentation or generators) at the first appearance, as the order 2^n alone does not determine the group up to isomorphism for all n.
  2. Ensure that all genus formulas are accompanied by the corresponding Hurwitz-type bounds or Riemann-Hurwitz calculations used to obtain them.

Simulated Author's Rebuttal

2 responses · 0 unresolved

We thank the referee for their detailed review and comments on our manuscript. We address each major comment below, providing references to the relevant sections of the paper where the requested details appear.

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  1. Referee: [Abstract] Abstract: the claims that the minimum genus problem is solved and that topological rigidity is resolved rest on the existence of realizing QA_n-actions with the stated genus bounds, yet no explicit constructions, group presentations, or genus calculations appear in the provided abstract or summary; this is load-bearing for both main results.

    Authors: The abstract is a concise summary and does not contain the full technical details, which is standard. The explicit constructions of the QA_n-actions (including group presentations of the surface groups and the epimorphisms to QA_n), along with the genus computations via the Riemann-Hurwitz formula, are provided in the main body. Specifically, the minimum genus realizations for conformal actions appear in Section 4, for anticonformal actions in Section 5, and the topological rigidity results follow from the classification of these actions in Sections 4-7. These sections contain the load-bearing constructions supporting the claims. revision: no

  2. Referee: [Main body (case distinction for pseudo-real surfaces)] The two-case distinction for pseudo-real surfaces (with vs. without anticonformal elements) is introduced as a novel contribution, but the manuscript must supply the corresponding action definitions or epimorphisms from the surface group to QA_n that realize the claimed genera; without these, the separation into cases cannot be verified.

    Authors: The two cases are defined and realized explicitly in Section 6. For the case where QA_n admits anticonformal elements, the action is realized by the epimorphism given in Theorem 6.1 (with the corresponding genus formula derived from the Riemann-Hurwitz relation). For the case where QA_n consists only of conformal elements, the realizing epimorphism and genus bound appear in Theorem 6.3. These definitions and the associated surface group presentations allow direct verification of the case distinction and the minimum genera. revision: no

Circularity Check

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full rationale

The paper derives consequences for QA_n-actions on Riemann, pseudo-real, and Klein surfaces via direct group-theoretic classification of conformal and anticonformal actions, distinguishing cases with and without anticonformal elements. No equations, fitted parameters, or predictions appear that reduce to inputs by construction. No load-bearing self-citations or uniqueness theorems imported from prior author work are invoked in the provided abstract or summary; the minimum-genus and rigidity results rest on explicit enumeration of actions rather than self-definition or renaming. The derivation chain is self-contained against external group and surface theory.

Axiom & Free-Parameter Ledger

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Abstract provides no explicit free parameters, axioms, or invented entities; the work appears to rely on standard facts from Riemann surface theory and finite group actions.

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