Paper 1, Section II, 24F

Riemann Surfaces
Part II, 2020

Assuming any facts about triangulations that you need, prove the Riemann-Hurwitz theorem.

Use the Riemann-Hurwitz theorem to prove that, for any cubic polynomial f:CCf: \mathbb{C} \rightarrow \mathbb{C}, there are affine transformations g(z)=az+bg(z)=a z+b and h(z)=cz+dh(z)=c z+d such that k(z)=gfh(z)k(z)=g \circ f \circ h(z) is of one of the following two forms:

k(z)=z3 or k(z)=z(z2/31)k(z)=z^{3} \text { or } k(z)=z\left(z^{2} / 3-1\right)