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The quotient is a compact Riemann surface
Statement
Let be a full complex lattice with oriented basis , and let carry the quotient topology of the class map , (Complex lattice and quotient torus). Then:
- the charts inverse to the injective restrictions of to small balls form a holomorphic atlas on : each is a homeomorphism onto an open subset of , and any two are compatible;
- is Hausdorff, second countable and compact, hence a compact Riemann surface;
- is a holomorphic covering map.
The atlas depends only on as a subset of : neither the choice of a representative of a class nor the choice of the oriented basis enters its definition.
Facts & Assumptions
Given: A full complex lattice with real-linearly independent, the quotient with its quotient topology, and the class map .
is a subgroup of with real-linearly independent; is the quotient map onto , a subset of is open exactly when its preimage under is open, is a surjective group homomorphism with kernel , and the structures depend on alone, not on the oriented basis (Complex lattice and quotient torus).
Under the identification , is exactly the Euclidean metric ; convergence and continuity on are the metric notions for (The Euclidean metric, convergence, Cauchy sequences, and continuity on the complex plane).
For all : , exactly when , and (Conjugation is an involutive real-field automorphism, , and modulus is definite, multiplicative, and subadditive).
On , , all norms are equivalent: any two norms give the same open sets, the same convergent sequences and the same continuous maps (For all norms on are equivalent).
In every closed box is compact, and a subset is compact exactly when it is closed and bounded (Heine-Borel in : with the Euclidean metric a subset of is compact if and only if it is closed and bounded, and the proof by bisection uses no choice principle; the same holds on the real line).
The image of a compact set under a continuous map is compact; a continuous map on a nonempty compact space into attains a maximum and a minimum; a continuous bijection from a compact space to a Hausdorff space is a homeomorphism (A continuous image of a compact space is compact; a continuous real-valued map on a nonempty compact space attains a maximum and a minimum; and a continuous bijection from a compact space to a Hausdorff space is a homeomorphism).
For the rational open boxes form a countable basis for the topology of ( is a countable dense subset of , and rational open boxes form a countable basis).
The map is a bijection ; in particular every complex number is with real ( is the real coordinate plane, with coordinate arithmetic).
If a vector space has a spanning set with elements, then every linearly independent subset is finite with at most elements (If has a spanning set with elements, then every linearly independent subset of is finite with at most elements; in particular has no linearly independent subset equinumerous with ).
For every the space with its Euclidean topology is contractible: it is a nonempty convex subset of itself, and the straight-line formula contracts it to any chosen centre (Every nonempty convex subset of is contractible).
Every nonempty contractible space is path-connected (Every nonempty contractible space is path-connected).
Every path-connected space is connected (Every path-connected space is connected, and every path component lies inside a component).
A continuous image of a connected space is connected (A continuous image of a connected space is connected, and connectedness is a topological property).
A covering-space action of a group on a space is an action by homeomorphisms such that every point has an open neighbourhood with for every nonidentity (Covering-space actions by disjoint translates of neighbourhoods).
For every covering-space action, the orbit map is a covering map (The orbit map of a covering-space action is a covering, with the acting group equal to the deck group when the total space is path-connected).
A chart on a space is a homeomorphism from an open subset of onto an open subset of ; two charts are compatible when both transition maps are holomorphic; a holomorphic atlas is a family of pairwise compatible charts covering ; a Riemann surface is a nonempty connected Hausdorff second-countable space with a holomorphic atlas (Riemann surfaces and holomorphic atlases).
A homeomorphism is a continuous bijection whose inverse is continuous; an open map sends open sets to open sets (Homeomorphism, open map, closed map, embedding, and what it means for a property to be topological).
The single identity chart is a holomorphic atlas on : it is a homeomorphism of onto the open set , so its domain covers , and a family with one chart has no distinct pair of charts to test for compatibility. Since is nonempty and connected (it is , hence contractible and path-connected by [F10] and [F11], hence connected by [F12]), Hausdorff (its topology is induced by the metric of [F2], and distinct points of a metric space are separated by disjoint balls, Distinct points of a metric space have disjoint balls around them) and second countable (the rational boxes of [F7] form a countable basis in the coordinates of [F2] and [F8]), the space is a Riemann surface in the sense of [F16] (Riemann surfaces and holomorphic atlases).
No choice principle is used: the only selections are of a centre of a ball and of representatives in a surjectivity argument, and the countability statements are proved without choice.
Proof
Put , , ; then and expanding with [F3] gives for all real , while , because would make a real multiple of , contradicting real-linear independence.
The map is surjective: the list is real-linearly independent by [F1], and it must span over , since otherwise a complex number would make real-linearly independent (a relation with nonzero coefficient of would exhibit as a real combination of , so that coefficient vanishes, and then the other two vanish), an independent set of three elements in a space spanned by the two-element set by [F8], contradicting [F9].
The map is continuous: by [F3], , so is Lipschitz for the max norm on and is continuous for it; by [F4] the max norm gives the same topology as , which is the topology of by [F2].
is nonempty and connected: is by [F2], hence contractible by [F10], hence path-connected and connected by [F11] and [F12]; a continuous image of a connected space is connected by [F13], and is continuous and surjective by [F1].
Completing the square in each variable gives for all real , so with one has ; hence every nonzero satisfies , and distinct satisfy .
is compact: the box is compact in by [F5], its image is compact by [F6] and step 1.3, and : by step 1.2 every is for real , and writing , with and by the division algorithm for real numbers gives with ; hence is a continuous image of the compact set , so it is compact by [F6].
is uniformly discrete and closed in : by step 2.1 the ball contains no nonzero lattice point, so every point of is isolated, and if converges to then for all large , which forces for all large by the uniform gap, and then ; moreover, since for , the lattice points in any bounded set have bounded parameters and are therefore finite, so for the distance is positive.
The group acts on by translations , which are homeomorphisms of by [F2], and this is a covering-space action in the sense of [F14]: for put ; if with , then with and , contradicting step 2.1.
By [F15] the orbit map of the action of step 3.2 is a covering map, and its orbit space is with orbit map by [F1]; hence is a covering map, so is continuous and locally injective; moreover is open, because for open one has , a union of open translates, so is open in by [F1].
Take all open balls on which is injective. These include for every , since two points in such a ball with the same class differ by a lattice element of modulus . For each such , the restriction is continuous, open and bijective onto the open set by step 4.1. Thus is a homeomorphism onto an open subset of , hence a chart in the sense of [F16].
is Hausdorff: if , then , and with from step 3.1 the open sets and are disjoint, since and with would give and , contradicting .
is second countable: by [F7] and [F2] the topology of has a countable basis of rational boxes, and is a countable family of open subsets of by step 4.1; it is a basis, because for open and one picks , then a box with (possible since is open by [F1]), and then .
The domains of the charts of step 5.1 cover , since the family includes the charts from for every , so the charts of step 5.1 form an atlas; any two are compatible: for charts of this family put , an open subset of , and for let , so that ; fixing and , continuity of (a composite of the continuous maps , ) and step 2.1 give a neighbourhood of on which , and since and all nonzero lattice elements have modulus by step 2.1, there ; hence equals the translation near each point of its open domain , and is holomorphic.
is holomorphic: use the identity chart on from [F18]. For every chart of step 5.1, its expression is the identity on , hence holomorphic. The balls in that family cover , so [F16] gives holomorphy of at every point.
Collecting: the charts of step 5.1 are pairwise compatible by step 6.1 and cover ; is nonempty and connected (step 1.4), Hausdorff (step 5.2) and second countable (step 5.3), so is a Riemann surface by [F16], and it is compact by step 2.2; is a covering map by step 4.1 and holomorphic by step 6.2, so it is a holomorphic covering map. The construction uses only the set and the metric and quotient structures attached to it: a change of representatives of a class does not change , and the family of all open balls on which is injective is determined by alone. The basis-dependent constant only proves that this family covers the quotient; it does not restrict the family defining the atlas. Thus changing the oriented basis leaves this atlas unchanged.
The completion of the square in step 2.1 is the only place where the real-linear independence of the basis is used quantitatively: it produces the uniform gap that simultaneously isolates the lattice points, forces the restrictions of to be injective, and separates classes for the Hausdorff property. The rounding argument in step 2.2 is the classical statement that a fundamental parallelogram is a fundamental domain.
Depends on
- Complex lattice and quotient torus
- The quotient topology of a surjection, quotient maps, saturated sets, and the quotient of a space by an equivalence relation with its canonical projection
- Riemann surfaces and holomorphic atlases
- Covering-space actions by disjoint translates of neighbourhoods
- The orbit map of a covering-space action is a covering, with the acting group equal to the deck group when the total space is path-connected
- For a quotient map $q : X \to Y$, a map out of $Y$ is continuous iff its composite with $q$ is; a continuous map on $X$ constant on the fibres of $q$ factors uniquely through $q$; and a composite of quotient maps is a quotient map
- A continuous image of a compact space is compact; a continuous real-valued map on a nonempty compact space attains a maximum and a minimum; and a continuous bijection from a compact space to a Hausdorff space is a homeomorphism
- $\mathbb{Q}$ is countably infinite
- A product of two at most countable sets is at most countable
- Every path-connected space is connected, and every path component lies inside a component
- Conjugation is an involutive real-field automorphism, $z\overline z=|z|^2$, and modulus is definite, multiplicative, and subadditive
- The Euclidean metric, convergence, Cauchy sequences, and continuity on the complex plane
- For $n \ge 1$ all norms on $\mathbb{R}^n$ are equivalent
- Heine-Borel in $\mathbb{R}^n$: with the Euclidean metric a subset of $\mathbb{R}^n$ is compact if and only if it is closed and bounded, and the proof by bisection uses no choice principle; the same holds on the real line
- $\mathbb{Q}^n$ is a countable dense subset of $\mathbb{R}^n$, and rational open boxes form a countable basis
- $\mathbb C$ is the real coordinate plane, with coordinate arithmetic
- If $V$ has a spanning set with $n$ elements, then every linearly independent subset of $V$ is finite with at most $n$ elements; in particular $V$ has no linearly independent subset equinumerous with $\mathbb{N}$
- Every nonempty convex subset of $\mathbb{R}^n$ is contractible
- Every nonempty contractible space is path-connected
- A continuous image of a connected space is connected, and connectedness is a topological property
- Homeomorphism, open map, closed map, embedding, and what it means for a property to be topological
- Distinct points of a metric space have disjoint balls around them
Used by
- Elliptic function for a lattice Definition
- Oriented bases and SL₂(ℤ) Example
- Degree two of ℘ and its four branch points Lemma
- Divisor and residue laws for elliptic functions Theorem
- The chord-tangent group law and elliptic uniformization Theorem
- The torus is biholomorphic to its Weierstrass cubic Theorem
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Sources
- J. S. Milne, Modular Functions and Modular Forms, Ch. 3, pp. 41-47 (standard reference, not scraped)
- C. T. McMullen, Advanced Complex Analysis, Math 213a course notes, Ch. 5 §5.1, pp. 79-90 (standard reference, not scraped)
- NIST Digital Library of Mathematical Functions, §23.2, equations 23.2.1-23.2.17 (standard reference, not scraped)