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Characteristic classes for curves of genus one

Algebraic Geometry 2016-04-06 v2 Number Theory

Abstract

We compute the cohomology of the stack M_1 with coefficients in Z[1/2], and in low degrees with coefficients in Z. Cohomology classes on M_1 give rise to characteristic classes, cohomological invariants of families of curves of genus one. We prove a number of vanishing results for those characteristic classes, and give explicit examples of families with non-vanishing characteristic classes.

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@article{arxiv.1410.6708,
  title  = {Characteristic classes for curves of genus one},
  author = {Lenny Taelman},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1410.6708},
  year   = {2016}
}