Complex Abelian Varieties and Theta Functions

Abelian varieties are a natural generalization of elliptic curves to higher dimensions, whose geometry and classification are as rich in elegant results as in the one-dimensional ease. The use of theta functions, particularly since Mumford's work, has been an important tool in the study of abel...

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Main Author: Kempf, George R.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Berlin, Heidelberg Springer Berlin Heidelberg 1991, 1991
Edition:1st ed. 1991
Series:Universitext
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Collection: Springer Book Archives -2004 - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • § 4.4 The Isogeny Theorem up to a Constant
  • 5. Theta Functions
  • § 5.1 Canonical Decompositions and Bases
  • § 5.2 The Theta Function
  • § 5.3 The Isogeny Theorem Absolutely
  • § 5.4 The Classical Notation
  • § 5.5 The Length of the Theta Functions
  • 6. The Algebra of the Theta Functions
  • § 6.1 The Addition Formula
  • § 6.2 Multiplication
  • § 6.3 Some Bilinear Relations
  • § 6.4 General Relations
  • 7. Moduli Spaces
  • § 7.1 Complex Structures on a Symplectic Space
  • § 7.2 Siegel Upper-half Space
  • § 7.3 Families of Abelian Varieties and Moduli Spaces
  • § 7.4 Families of Ample Sheaves on a Variable Abelian Variety
  • § 7.5 Group Actions on the Families of Sheaves
  • 8. Modular Forms
  • § 8.1 The Definition
  • § 8.2 The Relationship Between ?’*NA and H in the Principally Polarized Case
  • § 8.3 Generators of the RelevantDiscrete Groups
  • § 8.4 The Relationship Between ?’*NA and H is General
  • § 8.5 Projective Embedding of Some Moduli Spaces
  • 9. Mappings to Abelian Varieties
  • § 9.1 Integration
  • § 9.2 Complete Reducibility of Abelian Varieties
  • § 9.3 The Characteristic Polynomial of an Endomorphism
  • § 9.4 The Gauss Mapping
  • 10. The Linear System /2D/
  • § 10.1 When /D} Has No Fixed Components
  • § 10.2 Projective Normality of /2D/
  • § 10.3 The Factorization Theorem
  • § 10.4 The General Case
  • § 10.5 Projective Normality of /2D/ on X/{±}
  • 11. Abelian Varieties Occurring in Nature
  • § 11.1 Hodge Structure
  • § 11.2 The Moduli of Polarized Hodge Structure
  • § 11.3 The Jacobian of a Riemann Surface
  • § 11.4 Picard and Albanese Varieties for a Kähler Manifold
  • Informal Discussions of Immediate Sources
  • References
  • 1. Complex Tori
  • § 1.1 The Definition of Complex Tori
  • § 1.2 Hermitian Algebra
  • § 1.3 The Invertible Sheaves on a Complex Torus
  • § 1.4 The Structure of Pic(V/L)
  • § 1.5 Translating Invertible Sheaves
  • 2. The Existence of Sections of Sheaves
  • § 2.1 The Sections of Invertible Sheaves (Part I)
  • § 2.2 The Sections of Invertible Sheaves (Part II)
  • § 2.3 Abelian Varieties and Divisors
  • § 2.4 Projective Embeddings of Abelian Varieties
  • 3. The Cohomology of Complex Tori
  • § 3.1 The Cohomology of a Real Torus
  • § 3.2 A Complex Torus as a Kähler Manifold
  • § 3.3 The Proof of the Appel-Humbert Theorem
  • § 3.4 A Vanishing Theorem for the Cohomology of Invertible Sheaves
  • § 3.5 The Final Determination of the Cohomology of an Invertible Sheaf
  • § 3.6 Examples
  • 4. Groups Acting on Complete Linear Systems
  • § 4.1 Geometric Background
  • § 4.2 Representations of the Theta Group
  • §4.3 The Hermitian Structure on ?(X, ?)