M-curves and symmetric products
  Let $(X , \sigma)$ be a geometrically irreducible smooth projective M-curve of genus $g$ defined over the field of real numbers. We prove that the $n$-th symmetric product of $(X , \sigma)$ is an M-variety for $n=2 ,3$ and $n\geq 2g -1$. 
Indranil Biswas and Shane D'Mello
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