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The class of the bielliptic locus in genus 3

Algebraic Geometry 2014-02-04 v3

Abstract

Let the bielliptic locus be the closure in the moduli space of stable curves of the locus of smooth curves that are double covers of genus 1 curves. In this paper we compute the class of the bielliptic locus in \bar{M}_3 in terms of a standard basis of the rational Chow group of codimension-2 classes in the moduli space. Our method is to test the class on the hyperelliptic locus: this gives the desired result up to two free parameters, which are then determined by intersecting the locus with two surfaces in \bar{M}_3.

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@article{arxiv.1206.4301,
  title  = {The class of the bielliptic locus in genus 3},
  author = {Carel Faber and Nicola Pagani},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1206.4301},
  year   = {2014}
}

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14 pages, 2 figures