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Genus 2 curve configurations on Fano surfaces

Algebraic Geometry 2010-02-25 v1

Abstract

We study the configurations of genus 2 curves on the Fano surfaces of cubic threefolds. We establish a link between some involutive automorphisms acting on such a surface S and genus 2 curves on S. We give a partial classification of the Fano surfaces according to the automorphism group generated by these involutions and determine the configurations of their genus 2 curves. We study the Fano surface of the Klein cubic threefold for which the 55 genus 2 curves generate a rank 25=h^{1,1} index 2 subgroup of the N\'eron-Severi group.

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@article{arxiv.1002.4467,
  title  = {Genus 2 curve configurations on Fano surfaces},
  author = {Xavier Roulleau},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1002.4467},
  year   = {2010}
}

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15 pages

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