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Factorization semigroups and irreducible components of the Hurwitz space
Izvestiya. Mathematics , Tome 75 (2011) no. 4, pp. 711-748.

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We introduce a natural structure of a semigroup (isomorphic to the factorization semigroup of the identity in the symmetric group) on the set of irreducible components of the Hurwitz space of coverings of marked degree $d$ of $\mathbb P^1$ of fixed ramification types. We shall prove that this semigroup is finitely presented. We study the problem of when collections of ramification types uniquely determine the corresponding irreducible components of the Hurwitz space. In particular, we give a complete description of the set of irreducible components of the Hurwitz space of three-sheeted coverings of the projective line.
Keywords: semigroup, factorization of an element of a group, irreducible components of the Hurwitz space. 
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Vik. S. Kulikov. Factorization semigroups and irreducible components of the Hurwitz space. Izvestiya. Mathematics , Tome 75 (2011) no. 4, pp. 711-748. http://geodesic.mathdoc.fr/item/IM2_2011_75_4_a3/

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