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Surfaces with canonical map of maximum degree

Algebraic Geometry 2020-01-22 v2

Abstract

We use the Borisov-Keum equations of a fake projective plane and the Borisov-Yeung equations of the Cartwright-Steger surface to show the existence of a regular surface with canonical map of degree 36 and of an irregular surface with canonical map of degree 27. As a by-product, we get equations (over a finite field) for the Z/3\mathbb Z/3-invariant fibres of the Albanese fibration of the Cartwright-Steger surface and show that they are smooth.

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@article{arxiv.1903.03017,
  title  = {Surfaces with canonical map of maximum degree},
  author = {Carlos Rito},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1903.03017},
  year   = {2020}
}

Comments

Ancillary files with Magma code included. Final version, to appear in J Algebraic Geom

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