Counting components of moduli space of HCMU spheres via weighted trees
Yi Song
TL;DR
The paper addresses counting the connected components of the moduli space $\mathcal{M}hcmu_{0,1}(\alpha)$ of HCMU spheres with a single integral conical angle. It encodes geometric data via weighted bi-colored plane trees, introducing labeled (LWBP) trees and passports to manage symmetries, and defines divided passports to handle rotational symmetries. The main contribution is an explicit enumeration formula $\#\mathrm{Tree}(\Xi) = G(1) + \sum_{1<d|g_1} \varphi(d) G(d) + \sum_{1<d|g_2} \varphi(d) G(d)$, where $G(d)$ is computed through filled/divided passports and partition counting, with gcd parameters $g_0,g_1,g_2$ derived from $(p,q)$ representing curvature extrema data. The framework yields explicit counts in several cases and reveals how football decompositions and tree symmetries control the moduli components, offering a combinatorial bridge between geometry and enumeration with potential implications for understanding the structure of HCMU moduli spaces. All mathematical notation is presented in $...$ delimiters to ensure precise interpretation.
Abstract
HCMU surfaces are compact Riemann surfaces equipped with the Calabi extremal Kähler metric and a finite number of singularities. By using both the classical football decomposition introduced by Chen-Chen-Wu and the description of the geometric structure of HCMU surfaces by Lu-Xu, we can use weighted plane trees to characterize HCMU spheres with a single integral conical angle. Moreover, we obtain an explicit counting formula for the components of the moduli space of such HCMU spheres by enumerating some class of weighted plane trees.
