Title
A GAP package for braid orbit computation, and applications
Abstract
Let G be a finite group. By Riemann's Existence Theorem, braid orbits of generating systems of G with product 1 correspond to irreducible families of covers of the Riemann sphere with monodromy group G. Thus, many problems on algebraic curves require the computation of braid orbits. In this paper, we describe an implementation of this computation. We discuss several applications, including the classification of irreducible families of indecomposable rational functions with exceptional monodromy group.
Year
DOI
Venue
2003
10.1080/10586458.2003.10504507
EXPERIMENTAL MATHEMATICS
Keywords
Field
DocType
braid group,Hurwitz space,monodromy group of a cover,moduli space of curves
Hurwitz's automorphisms theorem,Braid theory,Topology,Braid,Algebra,Monodromy,Mathematical analysis,Riemann sphere,Riemann hypothesis,Braid group,Finite group,Mathematics
Journal
Volume
Issue
ISSN
12.0
4.0
1058-6458
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
1
0.41
2
Authors
3
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Kay Magaard152.15
S. Shpectorov28215.28
Helmut Volklein310.41