Family of curves with large unitary summand in the Hodge bundle

  • Xin Lu*
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Abstract

In this note, we construct non-isotrivial families of curves of genus g≥ 2 , where the rank of the unitary summand contained in the Hodge bundle can be as large as (2 g+ 1) / 3 , and hence disprove Xiao’s conjecture for the unitary rank.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1381-1387
Number of pages7
JournalMathematische Zeitschrift
Volume291
Issue number3-4
DOIs
StatePublished - 1 Apr 2019

Keywords

  • Family
  • Unitary bundle
  • Xiao’s conjecture

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