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Numerical Campedelli surfaces with fundamental group of order 9

Algebraic Geometry 2007-05-23 v2

Abstract

We give explicit constructions of all the numerical Campedelli surfaces, i.e the minimal surfaces of general type with K^2=2 and p_g=0, whose fundamental group has order 9. There are three families, one with fundamental group equal to Z_9 and two with fundamental group equal to Z_3^2. We also determine the base locus of the bicanonical system of these surfaces. It turns out that for the surfaces with fundamental group equal to Z_9 and for one of the families of surfaces with fundamental group equal to Z_3^2 the base locus consists of two points. To our knowlegde, these are the only known examples of surfaces of general type with K^2>1 whose bicanonical system has base points.

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@article{arxiv.math/0602633,
  title  = {Numerical Campedelli surfaces with fundamental group of order 9},
  author = {Margarida Mendes Lopes and Rita Pardini},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:math/0602633},
  year   = {2007}
}

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Final version, to appear in J.E.M.S