The Gauss map and secants of the Kummer variety

DOI10.1112/BLMS.12244MaRDI QIDQ4968396zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Robert Auffarth, G. Codogni, Riccardo Salvati Manni

Publication date 12 July 2019

Published in Bulletin of the London Mathematical Society (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1706.01870

zbMATH Keywords

Gauss mapJacobianKummer variety

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Jacobians, Prym varieties (14H40) Theta functions and curves; Schottky problem (14H42) Theta functions and abelian varieties (14K25)

Abstract: Fay's trisecant formula shows that the Kummer variety of the Jacobian of a smooth projective curve has a four dimensional family of trisecant lines. We study when these lines intersect the theta divisor of the Jacobian, and prove that the Gauss map of the theta divisor is constant on these points of intersection, when defined. We investigate the relation between the Gauss map and multisecant planes of the Kummer variety as well.

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