Deformations of isolated even double points of corank one (Q2846833)

The paper under review gives a deformation theoretic proof of a conjecture made by \textit{H.~Farkas} [Contemp. Math. 397, 37--53 (2006; Zbl 1099.14020)]. In particular Farkas conjectured that if the theta divisor on a \(4\) dimensional complex principally polarized abelian variety \((A,\Theta)\) has a double point of rank \(3\) at a point of order two for the group law, then \((A,\Theta)\) is a Jacobian of a smooth curve of genus \(4\) or at least a product of Jacobians. This conjecture was first proved by \textit{S.~Grushevsky} and \textit{R.~Salvati~Manni} [Isr. J. Math. 164, 303--315 (2008; Zbl 1148.14014)]. The results of the present paper rely on work of \textit{A.~Beauville} [Invent. Math. 41, 149--196 (1977; Zbl 0333.14013)] and \textit{O.~Debarre} [Ann. Sci. Éc. Norm. Supér. (4) 25, No. 6, 687--708 (1992; Zbl 0781.14031)].