Hyperellipticity conjecture for the families J_gλ,1\lambda,1

For g{3,4,5}g\in\{3,4,5\}, let Jg(λ,1)J_g(\lambda,1) denote the corresponding family of translation surfaces of genus gg. A compact Riemann surface is hyperelliptic if it admits a degree-two map to the projective line. Hyperellipticity conjecture. The surface Jg(λ,1)J_g(\lambda,1) is hyperelliptic for g=3,4,5g=3,4,5. Numerical evidence comes from vanishing even theta constants for genera 33 and 44, and from modular-form equations and additional vanishing theta constants for genus 55; the statement remains conjectural.

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Türkü Özlüm Çelik, Samantha Fairchild and Yelena Mandelshtam, “Crossing the transcendental divide: from translation surfaces to algebraic curves”, arXiv:2211.00304 (2023).

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