On the Coble quartic
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DOI10.1353/AJM.2015.0017zbMATH Open1321.14029arXiv1212.1895OpenAlexW1605832749MaRDI QIDQ5262305FDOQ5262305
Riccardo Salvati Manni, Samuel Grushevsky
Publication date: 13 July 2015
Published in: American Journal of Mathematics (Search for Journal in Brave)
Abstract: We review and extend the known constructions relating Kummer threefolds, Gopel systems, theta constants and their derivatives, and the GIT quotient for 7 points in P^2 to obtain an explicit expression for the Coble quartic. The Coble quartic was recently determined completely by Q.Ran, S.Sam, G.Schrader, and B.Sturmfels, who computed it completely explicitly, as a polynomial with 372060 monomials of bidegree (28,4) in theta constants of the second order and theta functions of the second order, respectively. Our expression is in terms of products of theta constants with characteristics corresponding to Gopel systems, and is a polynomial with 134 terms. Our approach is based on the beautiful geometry studied by Coble and further investigated by Dolgachev and Ortland, and highlights the geometry and combinatorics of syzygetic octets of characteristics, and the corresponding representations of the symplectic group. One new ingredient is the relationship of Gopel systems and Jacobian determinants of theta functions. In genus 2, we similarly obtain a short explicit equation for the universal Kummer surface, and relate modular forms of level two to binary invariants of six points on P^1.
Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1212.1895
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