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Summands of theta divisors on Jacobians

Algebraic Geometry 2020-07-15 v3 Representation Theory

Abstract

We show that the only summands of theta divisors on Jacobians of curves and on intermediate Jacobians of cubic threefolds are the obvious powers of the curve and the Fano surface of lines on the threefold. The proof uses the decomposition theorem for perverse sheaves, a bit of representation theory and a computation of characteristic cycles for Brill-Noether sheaves.

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@article{arxiv.1811.01072,
  title  = {Summands of theta divisors on Jacobians},
  author = {Thomas Krämer},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1811.01072},
  year   = {2020}
}

Comments

references updated, background on fiber functors and lambda rings added, proof of 2.5 made self-contained