Moduli dimensions of lattice polygons
Abstract
Given a lattice polygon $P$ with $g$ interior lattice points, we associate to it the moduli space of tropical curves of genus $g$ with Newton polygon $P$. We completely classify the possible dimensions such a moduli space can have. For non-hyperelliptic polygons the dimension must be between $g$ and $2g+1$, and can take on any integer value in this range, with exceptions only in the cases of genus $3$, $4$, and $7$. We provide a similar result for hyperelliptic polygons, for which the range of dimensions is from $g$ to $2g-1$. In the case of non-hyperelliptic polygons, our results also hold for the moduli space of algebraic curves that are non-degenerate with respect to $P$.
- Publication:
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arXiv e-prints
- Pub Date:
- October 2020
- DOI:
- 10.48550/arXiv.2010.13135
- arXiv:
- arXiv:2010.13135
- Bibcode:
- 2020arXiv201013135E
- Keywords:
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- Mathematics - Algebraic Geometry;
- Mathematics - Combinatorics;
- 14T05;
- 52B20;
- 14H10
- E-Print:
- 17 pages, 15 figures