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Rigid Calabi-Yau Threefolds over Q Are Modular

Number Theory 2010-08-31 v3 Algebraic Geometry

Abstract

The proof of Serre's conjecture on Galois representations over finite fields allows us to show, using a method due to Serre himself, that all rigid Calabi-Yau threefolds defined over Q are modular.

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@article{arxiv.0902.1466,
  title  = {Rigid Calabi-Yau Threefolds over Q Are Modular},
  author = {Fernando Q. Gouvea and Noriko Yui},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0902.1466},
  year   = {2010}
}

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Final version to appear in Expositiones Mathematicae