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Calabi-Yau threefolds with a curve of singularities and counterexamples to the Torelli problem

Algebraic Geometry 2009-10-31 v2

Abstract

Birational Calabi-Yau threefolds in the same deformation family provide a `weak' counterexample to the global Torelli problem, as long as they are not isomorphic. In this paper, it is shown that deformations of certain desingularized weighted complete intersections provide examples of families containing birational varieties. The constructed examples are shown to be non-isomorphic using a specialization argument.

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@article{arxiv.math/9901078,
  title  = {Calabi-Yau threefolds with a curve of singularities and counterexamples to the Torelli problem},
  author = {Balazs Szendroi},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:math/9901078},
  year   = {2009}
}

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Improved, shortened version, approx. 10 pages, LaTeX. To appear in Int. J. Math