The topology of the zero locus of a genus 2 theta function

DOI10.1090/TRAN/7127zbMATH Open1390.14077arXiv1509.08152OpenAlexW2963492242MaRDI QIDQ4635490FDOQ4635490

Kevin Kordek

Publication date: 23 April 2018

Published in: Transactions of the American Mathematical Society (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: Mess showed that the genus 2 Torelli group $T_2$ is isomorphic to a free group of countably infinite rank by showing that genus 2 Torelli space is homotopy equivalent to an infinite wedge of circles. As an application of his computation, we compute the homotopy type of the zero locus of any classical genus 2 theta function in $mathfrak{h}_{2}imesmathbb{C}^2$, where $mathfrak{h}_2$ denotes rank 2 Siegel space. Specifically, we show that the zero locus of any such function is homotopy equivalent to an infinite wedge of 2-spheres.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1509.08152

zbMATH Keywords

abelian varietiesTorelli spaceTheta function

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Theta functions and curves; Schottky problem (14H42) Other groups related to topology or analysis (20F38) Families, moduli of curves (analytic) (14H15)

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