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Past exam of the geometry course of the University of Oxford 2009 A 2 iv Solution by
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The total pole order in one period cell is two, so the map has degree two. The Riemann-Hurwitz formula for genus one to genus zero gives , hence . Each local degree is at most two, so every ramification contribution is exactly one. ThereforeThey are zero and the three nonzero half-period classes. Zero is ramified because its reciprocal has a double zero. At a nonzero half-period, oddness and periodicity of force ; the count shows these exhaust the remaining points.
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