Severi varieties and branch curves of abelian surfaces of type (1,3)

Details Severi varieties and branch curves of abelian surfaces of type (1,3) Severi varieties and branch curves of abelian surfaces of type (1,3)

2001-04-24

arxiv.org/abs/math/0104223v1

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Algebraic Geometry

17 pages

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Let (A,L) be a principally polarized abelian surface of type (1,3). The linear system |L| defines a 6:1 covering of A onto P2, branched along a curve B of degree 18 in P2. The main result of the paper is that for general (A,L) the curve B irreducible, admits 72 cusps, 36 nodes or tacnodes, each tacnode counting as two nodes, 72 flexes and 36 bitangents. The main idea of the proof is to use the fact that for a general (A,L) of type (1,3) the closure of the Severi variety V in |L| is dual to the curve B in the sense of projective geometry. We investigate V and B via degeneration to a special abelian surface.

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