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Perfect forms and the moduli space of abelian varieties

Algebraic Geometry 2009-11-11 v1

Abstract

Perfect quadratic forms give a toroidal compactification of the moduli space of principally polarized abelian g-folds that is Q-factorial and whose ample classes are characterized, over any base. In characteristic zero it has canonical singularities if g is at least 5, and is the canonical model (in the sense of Mori and Reid) if g is at least 12.

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@article{arxiv.math/0502362,
  title  = {Perfect forms and the moduli space of abelian varieties},
  author = {N. I. Shepherd-Barron},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:math/0502362},
  year   = {2009}
}

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20 pages

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