Theta functions wronskians and Weierstrass points for linear spaces of meromorphic functions

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Abstract

In this note we consider the Weierstrass points for the linear space of meromorphic functions on a compact Riemann surface whose divisors are multiples of 1/Pα0P1...Pg-1, where Pi are points of the surface, and α is a positive integer for which there is no holomorphic differential on the surface whose divisor is a multiple of Pα0P1...Pg-1. Thus the dimension of our linear space is precisely α. The Weierstrass points for our space are those points Q≠Pi for which there is a function in the space which vanishes to order at least α at the point Q. Thus the Weierstrass points are all zeros of the Wronskian determinant of a basis for our space, and the weight of the Weierstrass point is the order of the zero. We show that all the Weierstrass points are zeros of the Riemann theta function θ(αΦp0(P) - e) on the surface where e = Φp0 (P1...Pg-1) + Kp0. The question we investigate is whether the order of the zero of the theta function agrees with the order of the zero of the Wronskian. We prove that this is so at least in the case of zeros of order k=1,2.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)95-110
Number of pages16
JournalSpringer Proceedings in Mathematics
Volume16
DOIs
StatePublished - 2012

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