Cycles on the generic abelian threefold (Q2277529)

For a smooth projective variety X over \({\mathbb{C}}\) denote by \(R^ 2(X)\) the group of codimension two algebraic cycles homologically equivalent to zero modulo the subgroup of those cycles algebraically equivalent to zero. - In this paper it is proved that \(R^ 2(X)\otimes {\mathbb{Q}}\) is infinite dimensional when X is the generic abelian variety of dimension three. The proof of the theorem is based on a result of Ceresa producing a nonzero element in \(R^ 2(J(C))\otimes {\mathbb{Q}}\) where C is the generic curve of genus three.