Stacks, Monodromy and Symmetric Cubic Surfaces

Abstract

We investigate monodromy groups arising in enumerative geometry, with a particular focus on how these groups are influenced by prescribed symmetries. To study these phenomena effectively, we work in the framework of moduli stacks rather than moduli spaces. This perspective proves broadly useful for understanding and constructing monodromy. We illustrate these ideas through several examples, with special attention to the 27 lines on a cubic surface, assuming the surface admits a given symmetry group.