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Picard-Lefschetz formula for the quotient of a degenerating family of curves by a cyclic group

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largest subgroup of $Out(\hat{F_2})$ which preserves the Nielsen invariant

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Abelianization of characteristic quotients of $F_2$

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are the coarse moduli schemes of finite etale covers of $\mathcal{M}_{1,1}$ smooth?

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abelian and nonabelian parts of Aut($\widehat{F_2}$)

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Some help in digesting a paragraph in the introduction of Deligne/Rapoport's "Les Schemas de Modules de Courbes Elliptique"

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How does a moduli interpretation give an analytic object an algebraic structure?

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morphisms of affine schemes question

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trying to understand the support of the sheaf of relative differentials

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equivalence between katz and classical modular forms

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questions about the "relative fundamental group" of SGA 1 Expose XIII

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Do the automorphism groups of $F_2$ and $G$ act transitively on the surjections from $F_2$ to $G$?

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technical question about a paper on Belyi's theorem

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Automorphism of finite groups and Hurwitz spaces

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Essential simple closed curves on a punctured torus vs those in the torus

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Are $\overline{\mathbb{Q}}$-models of smooth affine curves over $\mathbb{C}$ with finitely many automorphisms unique?

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Explicit examples of finite unramified group schemes

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Are there "primitive" modular functions for $\Gamma(n)$ with Fourier coefficients in $\mathbb{Q}$?

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the Yoneda embedding for finite groups and surjections from a free group

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When can the "homotopy exact sequence" of etale fundamental groups for a smooth curve fail to be exact?

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About relative normalization in Deligne's definition of a "tangential morphism"

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Is the normalization of a proper regular minimal model also a proper regular minimal model?

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Finite groups $G$ such that the primes dividing $|G|$ are exactly the primes dividing $|G^{ab}|$

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Is the canonical divisor on a minimal arithmetic surface of genus $\ge 1$ linearly equivalent to a purely horizontal effective divisor?

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Is the quotient of a prestable curve by a finite group always a scheme?

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Normal crossings divisors vs "relative normal crossings divisor"

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If $T$ is an $S$ scheme, and $X,Y$ are $T$-schemes, then do the $S$-valued points of $\mathcal{Hom}_T(X,Y)$ have an interpretation?

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Is a stack that is finite etale over an algebraic stack also algebraic?

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Elementary question about Isotopy (in the definition of a Teichmuller space)

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how do automorphisms act on the right in grothendieck's galois theory