Cubic threefolds and abelian varieties of dimension five
Algebraic Geometry
2015-03-12 v2
Abstract
This paper proves the following converse to a theorem of Mumford: Let be a principally polarized abelian variety of dimension five, whose theta divisor has a unique singular point, and suppose that the multiplicity of the singular point is three. Then is isomorphic as a principally polarized abelian variety to the intermediate Jacobian of a smooth cubic threefold. The method of proof is to analyze the possible singularities of the theta divisor of , and eventually to show that is the Prym variety of a possibly singular plane quintic.
Cite
@article{arxiv.math/0307015,
title = {Cubic threefolds and abelian varieties of dimension five},
author = {Sebastian Casalaina-Martin and Robert Friedman},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:math/0307015},
year = {2015}
}
Comments
LaTeX, 34 pages, one theorem strengthened, improved historical discussion, references added