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Supercurves are a generalization to supergeometry of Riemann surfaces or algebraic curves. I review the definitions, examples, key results, and open problems in this area.
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My thanks to those who have worked with me on the subject of supercurves over the years, notably Maarten Bergvelt, Louis Crane, Fausto Ongay, and Mitchell Rothstein.
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Rabin, J.M. (2011). Geometry of Dual Pairs of Complex Supercurves. In: Ferrara, S., Fioresi, R., Varadarajan, V. (eds) Supersymmetry in Mathematics and Physics. Lecture Notes in Mathematics(), vol 2027. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-21744-9_11
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