Solution

ID: past-exam-of-the-mathematics-course-of-the-university-of-cambridge/2021/ii/paper-3/23f/c/solution

The monodromy around both and must be a product of two disjoint transpositions, hence a cycle type in . The product relation for loops around the three punctures says . By the stated fact, is either the identity or another permutation. Consequently cannot contain a -cycle. But ramification index over infinity would force exactly such a cycle, a contradiction.

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