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Compactifying moduli of hyperelliptic curves

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We construct a new compactification of the moduli spaceH g of smooth hyperelliptic curves of genusg. We compare our compactification with other well-known remarkable compactifications ofH g.

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  1. Dipartimento di Matematica Guido Castelnuovo, Universita Roma La Sapienza, Piazzale Aldo Moro 2, 00185, Roma, Italia

    Marco Pacini

  2. Instituto de Matematica Pura e Aplicada, Estrada D. Castorina 110, 22460-320, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

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Correspondence to Marco Pacini.

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The author was partially supported byCNP q, Proc. 151610/2005-3, and by Faperj, Proc. E-26/152-629/2005.

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Pacini, M. Compactifying moduli of hyperelliptic curves. Rend. Circ. Mat. Palermo 56, 157–170 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03031436

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