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K3 surfaces and equations for Hilbert modular surfaces

Number Theory 2015-01-27 v3 Algebraic Geometry

Abstract

We outline a method to compute rational models for the Hilbert modular surfaces Y_{-}(D), which are coarse moduli spaces for principally polarized abelian surfaces with real multiplication by the ring of integers in Q(sqrt{D}), via moduli spaces of elliptic K3 surfaces with a Shioda-Inose structure. In particular, we compute equations for all thirty fundamental discriminants D with 1 < D < 100, and analyze rational points and curves on these Hilbert modular surfaces, producing examples of genus-2 curves over Q whose Jacobians have real multiplication over Q.

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@article{arxiv.1209.3527,
  title  = {K3 surfaces and equations for Hilbert modular surfaces},
  author = {Noam Elkies and Abhinav Kumar},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1209.3527},
  year   = {2015}
}

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83 pages. Final version

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