For a class of non-hyperelliptic genus 3 curves C which are 2-fold coverings of elliptic curves E, we give an explicit algebraic description of all birationally nonequivalent genus 2 curves whose Jacobians are degree 2 isogeneous to the Prym varieties associated to such coverings. Our description is based on previous studies of Prym varieties with polarization (1,2) in connection with separatio...

We investigated maximal Prym varieties on finite fields by attaining their upper bounds on the number of rational points. This concept gave us a motivation for defining a generalized definition of maximal curves i.e. maximal morphisms. By MAGMA, we give some non-trivial examples of maximal morphisms that results in non-trivial examples of maximal Prym varieties.

Let X1, . . . , Xm denote smooth projective curves of genus gi ≥ 2 over an algebraically closed field of characteristic 0 and let n denote any integer at least equal to 1 + max i=1 gi. We show that the product JX1 × · · · × JXm of the corresponding Jacobian varieties admits the structure of a Prym-Tyurin variety of exponent n. This exponent is considerably smaller than the exponent of the struc...

Given Prym-Tyurin varieties of exponent q with respect to a finite group G, a subgroup H and a set of rational irreducible representations of G satisfying some additional properties, we construct a Prym-Tyurin variety of exponent [G : H ]q in a natural way. We study an example of this result, starting from the dihedral group Dp for any odd prime p. This generalizes the construction of [4] for p...

Using lattice theory on specialK3 surfaces, calculations on moduli stacks of pointed curves and Voisin’s proof of Green’s Conjecture on syzygies of canonical curves, we prove the Prym-Green Conjecture on the naturality of the resolution of a general Prym-canonical curve of odd genus, as well as (many cases of) the Green-Lazarsfeld Secant Conjecture on syzygies of non-special line bundles on gen...

We construct a relative Chow-Künneth decomposition for a conic bundle over a surface such that the middle projector gives the Prym variety of the associated double covering of the discriminant of the conic bundle. This gives a refinement (up to an isogeny) of Beauville’s theorem on the relation between the intermediate Jacobian of the conic bundle and the Prym variety of the double covering.

According to Mukai, any prime Fano threefold X of genus 7 is a linear section of the spinor tenfold in the projectivized half-spinor space of Spin(10). The orthogonal linear section of the spinor tenfold is a canonical genus-7 curve Γ, and the intermediate Jacobian J(X) is isomorphic to the Jacobian of Γ. It is proven that, for a generic X , the Abel-Jacobi map of the family of elliptic sextics...