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The primitive cohomology of theta divisors

Algebraic Geometry 2014-10-23 v1

Abstract

The primitive cohomology of the theta divisor of a principally polarized abelian variety of dimension gg is a Hodge structure of level g3g-3. The Hodge conjecture predicts that it is contained in the image, under the Abel-Jacobi map, of the cohomology of a family of curves in the theta divisor. We survey some of the results known about this primitive cohomology, prove a few general facts and mention some interesting open problems.

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@article{arxiv.1410.5868,
  title  = {The primitive cohomology of theta divisors},
  author = {E. Izadi and J. Wang},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1410.5868},
  year   = {2014}
}

Comments

To appear in the proceedings of the conference on Hodge Theory and Classical Algebraic Geometry at the Ohio State University, May 2013