## Osaka Journal of Mathematics

### The number of mappings between compact Riemann surfaces

#### Abstract

We give bounds for the number of morphisms $f\colon X\to Y$ where $X$ and $Y$ are compact Riemann surfaces. The target surface $Y$ is not necessarily fixed.

#### Article information

Source
Osaka J. Math. Volume 48, Number 3 (2011), 743-748.

Dates
First available: 26 September 2011

http://projecteuclid.org/euclid.ojm/1317044945

Mathematical Reviews number (MathSciNet)
MR2837679

Zentralblatt MATH identifier
05969048

#### Citation

Chamizo, Fernando; Fuertes, Yolanda. The number of mappings between compact Riemann surfaces. Osaka Journal of Mathematics 48 (2011), no. 3, 743--748. http://projecteuclid.org/euclid.ojm/1317044945.

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