Second variation of Zhang’s λ-invariant on the moduli space of curves

DOI10.1353/AJM.2013.0008zbMATH Open1262.14028arXiv1002.1618OpenAlexW2042959955MaRDI QIDQ4907958FDOQ4907958

Authors: Robin de Jong 

Publication date: 27 February 2013

Published in: American Journal of Mathematics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We compute the second variation of the lambda-invariant, recently introduced by S. Zhang, on the complex moduli space M_g of curves of genus g>1, using work of N. Kawazumi. As a result we prove that (8g+4)lambda is equal, up to a constant, to the �eta-invariant introduced some time ago by R. Hain and D. Reed. We deduce some consequences; for example we calculate the lambda-invariant for each hyperelliptic curve, expressing it in terms of the Petersson norm of the discriminant modular form.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1002.1618

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zbMATH Keywords

hyperelliptic curvesmoduli space of curvesHodge structure

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Families, moduli of curves (algebraic) (14H10) Coverings of curves, fundamental group (14H30)

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