Equations defining the periods of totally degenerate curves
type: Item
instance of: scholarly article
title: Equations defining the periods of totally degenerate curves
zbMATH Open document ID: 0783.14017
DOI: 10.1007/BF02808017
published in: Israel Journal of Mathematics
publication date: 1993-07-21T00:00:00Z
review text: A totally degenerate curve of genus \(g\) is a stable curve, all of whose components are rational and which has \(g\) additional ordinary double points. Mumford introduced for such a curve \(C\) a generalized Jacobian \(J(C)\), which is given by a totally degenerate symmetric \(g\times g\)- matrix, i.e. a matrix \((v_{ij})\) with \(v_{ii}=0\) and \(v_{ij} \neq 0\) for \(i \neq j\), the period matrix of \(C\). This gives a map \(\text{per}_ g\) from the space of totally degenerate curves of genus \(g\) to the torus of totally degenerate, symmetric \(g \times g\) matrices. The analogue of the classical Schottky problem consists in describing the image of \(\text{per}_ g\). In the paper an equation is derived which describes the locus of period matrices of totally degenerate curves of genus 4 whose intersection graph is simple. The result allows to deduce systems of equations for the periods of totally degenerate, irreducible curves of genus \(\geq 5\). Moreover, one can specialize the equation in genus 4 to obtain an equation describing the periods of totally degenerate hyperelliptic curves of genus 3.
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 14H42
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 32G20
zbMATH DE Number: 203272
zbMATH Keywords: totally degenerate curve
zbMATH Keywords: generalized Jacobian
zbMATH Keywords: Schottky problem
zbMATH Keywords: period matrices
author: Lothar Gerritzen
reviewed by: Herbert Lange
MaRDI profile type: Publication
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