The Geometry of Hurwitz Space
Contributors: Harris, Joe; Chen, Dawei; Mazur, Barry
Published: 2013
Language: eng
Description: We explore the geometry of certain special subvarieties of spaces of branched covers which we call the Maroni and Casnati-Ekedahl loci. Our goal is to understand the divisor theory on compactifications of Hurwitz space, with the aim of providing upper bounds for slopes of sweeping families of d-gonal curves.
Notes: Keywords: d-gonal, Hurwitz.

Thesis Ph.D. Harvard University 2013