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On Faltings' Delta-Invariant of Hyperelliptic Riemann Surfaces

In this paper we prove new explicit formulas for Faltings' $δ$-invariant of an arbitrary hyperelliptic Riemann surface. This has several applications: For example we obtain an explicit lower bound for $δ$ depending only on the genus, and we deduce new explicit bounds for the Arakelov self-intersection number $ω^2$ associated to hyperelliptic curves over number fields. Furthermore, we obtain an improved version of Szpiro's small points conjecture for hyperelliptic curves of genus at least $3$. Our method allows us in addition to establish a generalization of Rosenhain's formula on $θ$-derivatives conjectured by Guàrdia.