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Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge 2007 ii Paper 3 22F i Solution by
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Choose coordinates at and at vanishing at those points. The local expansion is , . Define the branching order . A change of either coordinate has nonzero linear coefficient, so it preserves the leading exponent, proving well-definedness.
Ramification means , equivalently vanishing of the derivative in local coordinates. These zeros are isolated unless the local derivative is identically zero, which by analytic continuation would make constant. An infinite set of ramification points on a compact surface would have an accumulation point, contradicting isolation. Thus that set is finite.
A nonconstant holomorphic map of compact connected Riemann surfaces is onto, since its image is open by the local form and closed by compactness. It has a finite degree . The Riemann-Hurwitz formula isIf both genera equal , positivity of forces and every ramification term zero. The map is bijective and has nonzero derivative everywhere. The holomorphic inverse function theorem says that a holomorphic function with nonzero derivative has a local holomorphic inverse; these inverses patch, so is biholomorphic. For , multiplication by two on is a degree-four holomorphic map of an elliptic curve to itself and is not biholomorphic.
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