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Groups of conformal isomorphisms of simply connected surfaces

By the uniformization theorem every connected and simply connected surface $M$ is conformally equivalent to one of the following three surfaces: open disk $D$, complex plane $\mathbb{C}$, or $2$-...
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References for group of invariance of the Painlevé property

I'm searching for some references about groups of invariance of the Painlevé property other than the book of Robert Conte or more generally birational transformation of Riemann surfaces.
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Space of $(1,0)$-holomorphic forms on a Riemann surface

In a complex analysis course I have been given the following definition: Let $X$ be a Riemann surface, denote by $H(1,0)$ the space of all $(1,0)$-holomorphic forms on $X$ and consider the quotient ...
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Branched covers of the sphere branched over few points

Let $X$ be a compact Riemann surface of genus $g\geq 2$. By the Riemann-Roch theorem, $X$ is a branched cover of the sphere, branched over finitely many branched values. What is the smallest number of ...
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Belyi functions on non-compact surfaces; or: Building Riemann surfaces from equilateral triangles

Some background on (compact) Belyi surfaces $\newcommand{\Ch}{\hat{\mathbb{C}}}$ A compact Riemann surface $X$ is called a Belyi surface if there exists a branched covering map $f:X\to \Ch$ such that $...
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Uniformization theorem for Riemann surfaces

How does one prove that every simply connected Riemann surface is conformally equivalent to the open unit disk, the complex plane, or the Riemann sphere, and these are not conformally equivalent to ...
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Algebra of meromorphic functions on a Riemann surface

Let $C$ be compact Riemann surface of high genus. Let $p$ be a general point on $C$ and $z$ a local coordinate around $p$. Given a meromorphic function on $C$, regular outside $p$, we can look at its ...
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Almost complex manifold of dimension 2... locally isomorphic to ℂ?

I know that this is supposed to be standard, but I don't know how to search for it... hence the question: Let $J$ be an almost complex structure on $M:=\mathbb R^2$, i.e., a $C^\infty$ section of $\...
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Criteria for a limit to be a proper function

This question is obviously broad; turning this broadness into something sharp is part of the problem. Given a sequence of functions defined on a Riemann Surface $R$, valued in $\Bbb C^2$, what ...
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Modulus of an annulus with a cut

Let $A_r$ be a complex annulus of modulus $r>0$ obtained from a $1\times r$ rectangle in $\mathbb C$ with vertices $A=0$, $B=r$, $C=r+i$, $D=i$, by identifying isomterically $AB$ with $DC$. Let us ...
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Stoilow Theorem

I want to see the precise statement and a proof for a theorem of Stoilow on "inner" functions (I do not know what this exactly means, I suppose it is an open map with other natural properties). A ...
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Finite covers of punctured Riemann surfaces

Let $X$ be a compact Riemann surface, i.e. compact smooth complex analytic (hence automatically algebraic) curve. Let $A\subset X$ be a finite subset, and $X_0:=X\backslash A$. Let $Y_0$ be a smooth ...
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Classification compact Riemann Surfaces

I know that all compact Riemann surfaces with the same genus are topologically equivalent. Moreover they are diffeomorphic. But are they biholomorphic, too? In other words, is the complex structure ...
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Structure of the automorphism group of a Riemann surface

I was wondering if anything is known about the possible structure of $\mathrm{Aut}(S)$ for a Riemann surface $S$. More precisely, are there known obstructions for a finite group $G$ to be such an ...