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The monodromy group of a function on a general curve

Kay Magaard, Helmut Voelklein

math.AGarXiv:math/0304130

Abstract

Let Cg be a general curve of genus g>3. Guralnick and others proved that the monodromy group of a cover Cg-> P1 of degree n is either Sn or An. We show that An occurs for n>2g. The corresponding result for Sn is classical.

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