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d-elliptic loci in genus 2 and 3

Algebraic Geometry 2024-01-23 v3

Abstract

We consider the loci of curves of genus 2 and 3 admitting a dd-to-1 map to a genus 1 curve. After compactifying these loci via admissible covers, we obtain formulas for their Chow classes, recovering results of Faber-Pagani and van Zelm when d=2d=2. The answers exhibit quasimodularity properties similar to those in the Gromov-Witten theory of a fixed genus 1 curve; we conjecture that the quasimodularity persists in higher genus, and indicate a number of possible variants.

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@article{arxiv.2004.06768,
  title  = {d-elliptic loci in genus 2 and 3},
  author = {Carl Lian},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2004.06768},
  year   = {2024}
}

Comments

some minor errors in formulas pointed out by Aaron Pixton corrected

R2 v1 2026-06-23T14:51:27.216Z