B1.11

Riemann Surfaces
Part II, 2002

(a) Define the notions of (abstract) Riemann surface, holomorphic map, and biholomorphic map between Riemann surfaces.

(b) Prove the following theorem on the local form of a holomorphic map.

For a holomorphic map f:RSf: R \rightarrow S between Riemann surfaces, which is not constant near a point rRr \in R, there exist neighbourhoods UU of rr in RR and VV of f(r)f(r) in SS, together with biholomorphic identifications ϕ:UΔ,ψ:VΔ\phi: U \rightarrow \Delta, \psi: V \rightarrow \Delta, such that (ψf)(x)=ϕ(x)n(\psi \circ f)(x)=\phi(x)^{n}, for all xUx \in U.

(c) Prove further that a non-constant holomorphic map between compact, connected Riemann surfaces is surjective.

(d) Deduce from (c) the fundamental theorem of algebra.