Hyperbolic Geometry and Moduli of Real Curves of Genus Three

Abstract

The moduli space of smooth real plane quartic curves consists of six connected components. We prove that each of these components admits a real hyperbolic structure. These connected components correspond to the six real forms of a certain hyperbolic lattice over the Gaussian integers. We will study this Gaussian lattice in detail. For the connected component that corresponds to maximal real quartic curves we obtain a more explicit description. We construct a Coxeter diagram that encodes the geometry of this component.

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