Author	Accola, Robert D. M. author
Title	Topics in the Theory of Riemann Surfaces [electronic resource] / by Robert D. M. Accola
Imprint	Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 1994
Connect to	http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BFb0073575
Descript	X, 110 p. online resource

The book's main concern is automorphisms of Riemann surfaces, giving a foundational treatment from the point of view of Galois coverings, and treating the problem of the largest automorphism group for a Riemann surface of a given genus. In addition, the extent to which fixed points of automorphisms are generalized Weierstrass points is considered. The extremely useful inequality of Castelnuovo- Severi is also treated. While the methods are elementary, much of the material does not appear in the current texts on Riemann surfaces, algebraic curves. The book is accessible to a reader who has had an introductory course on the theory of Riemann surfaces or algebraic curves

Review of some basic concepts in the theory of Riemann surfaces -- Some exceptional points on Riemann surfaces -- The inequality of Castelnuovo-Severi -- Smooth and branched coverings of Riemann surfaces -- Automorphisms of Riemann surfaces, I -- When are fixed points of automorphisms exceptional in some other sense? -- Automorphisms of Riemann surfaces, II; N(p)

1. Mathematics
2. Algebraic geometry
3. Group theory
4. Mathematics
5. Algebraic Geometry
6. Group Theory and Generalizations