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January, 2004 CUBIC EQUATIONS FOR THE HYPERELLIPTIC LOCUS
SAMUEL GRUSHEVSKY
Asian J. Math. 8(1): 161-172 (January, 2004).

Abstract

We prove a conjecture from [BK2] that the multi-dimensional vector addition formula for Baker-Akhiezer functions obtained there characterizes Jacobians among principally polarized abelian varieties. We also show that this addition formula is equivalent to Gunning's multisecant formula for the Kummer variety obtained in [Gu2].

We then use this addition formula to obtain cubic relations among theta functions that characterize the locus of hyperelliptic Jacobians among irreducible abelian varieties. In genus 3 our equations are equivalent to the vanishing of one theta-null, and thus are classical (see [M], [P]), but already for genus 4 they appear to be new.

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SAMUEL GRUSHEVSKY . "CUBIC EQUATIONS FOR THE HYPERELLIPTIC LOCUS." Asian J. Math. 8 (1) 161 - 172, January, 2004.

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Published: January, 2004
First available in Project Euclid: 21 June 2004

zbMATH: 1100.14523
MathSciNet: MR2128303

Rights: Copyright © 2004 International Press of Boston

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