The Torelli locus and special subvarieties
Algebraic Geometry
2011-12-06 v1
Abstract
We study the Torelli locus T_g in the moduli space A_g of abelian varieties. We consider special subvarieties (Shimura subvarieties) contained in the Torelli locus. We review the construction of some non-trivial examples, and we discuss some conjectures, techniques and recent progress.
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Cite
@article{arxiv.1112.0933,
title = {The Torelli locus and special subvarieties},
author = {Ben Moonen and Frans Oort},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1112.0933},
year = {2011}
}
Comments
To appear in the Handbook of Moduli (G. Farkas, I. Morrison, eds.)