Field of moduli versus field of definition for cyclic covers of the projective line
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چکیده
We give a criterion, based on the automorphism group, for certain cyclic covers of the projective line to be defined over their field of moduli. An example of a cyclic cover of the complex projective line with field of moduli R that can not be defined over R is also given.
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