The Monodromy Group of an Algebraic Function
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This Demonstration shows the structure of the branches of a multivalued function defined by a polynomial equation , illustrating the transitions between the branches along paths going around a branch point. The actual configuration may depend on the choice of the branch cuts, but the group generated by the branch cycles is always the same. In general this group is a normal subgroup of the Galois group of over . A number of important properties of can be inferred from the structure of the monodromy group:
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Contributed by: Maxim Rytin (March 2011)
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