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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 AA 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 AA 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 AA, and eventually to show that AA is the Prym variety of a possibly singular plane quintic.

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@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}
}

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LaTeX, 34 pages, one theorem strengthened, improved historical discussion, references added