Cubic equations for the hyperelliptic locus

dc.creatorGrushevsky, Samuel
dc.date2005-03-02
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dc.descriptionWe discuss the conjecture of Buchstaber and Krichever that their multi-dimensional vector addition formula for Baker-Akhiezer functions characterizes Jacobians among principally polarized abelian varieties, and prove that it is indeed a weak characterization, i.e. that it is true up to additional components, or true precisely under a general position assumption. We also show that this addition formula is equivalent to Gunning's multisecant formula for the Kummer variety. We then use Buchstaber-Krichever's computation of the coefficients in the addition formula to obtain cubic relations among theta functions, which (weakly) characterize the locus of hyperelliptic Jacobians among irreducible abelian varieties. In genus 3 our equations are equivalent to the vanishing of one theta-null, and thus are known classically by work of Mumford and Poor, but already for genus 4 they appear to be new.
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/math/0503026
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/math/0503026
dc.identifierAsian J Math, vol 8 (2004) no. 1, special issue dedicated to Yum-Tong Siu on his 60th birthday
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/74361
dc.subjectAlgebraic Geometry
dc.titleCubic equations for the hyperelliptic locus
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