Abstract
We prove that a Shimura curve in the Siegel modular variety is not generically contained in the open Torelli locus as long as the rank of unitary part in its canonical Higgs bundle satisfies a numerical upper bound. As an application we show that the Coleman–Oort conjecture holds for Shimura curves associated with partial corestriction upon a suitable choice of parameters, which generalizes a construction due to Mumford.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 249-268 |
| Number of pages | 20 |
| Journal | Communications in Mathematics and Statistics |
| Volume | 6 |
| Issue number | 3 |
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| State | Published - 1 Sep 2018 |
Keywords
- Coleman-Oort conjecture
- Corestriction
- Higgs bundles
- Shimura curves
- Torelli locus