Weierstrass weight of the hyperosculating points of generalized Fermat curves

Abstract

Let $(S,H)$ be a generalized Fermat pair of the type $(k,n)$. If $F\subset S$ is the set of fixed points of the non-trivial elements of the group $H$, then $F$ is exactly the set of hyperosculating points of the standard embedding $S\hookrightarrow {\mathbb{P}}^n$. We provide an optimal lower bound (this being sharp in a dense open set of the moduli space of the generalized Fermat curves) for the Weierstrass weight of these points.