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...

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.

Prym varieties provide a correspondence between the moduli spaces of curves and abelian varieties Mg and Ag−1, via the Prym map Pg : Rg → Ag−1 from the moduli space Rg parameterizing pairs [C, η], where [C] ∈ Mg is a smooth curve and η ∈ Pic(C)[2] is a torsion point of order 2. When g ≤ 6 the Prym map is dominant and Rg can be used directly to determine the birational type ofAg−1. It is known t...

The periods of Prym differentials can be used to prove the invariance of Picard bundles on Jacobian varieties. Let S be a compact Riemann surface of genus g with universal covering surface 77 with the deck transformation group D. For any homomorphism X: D -> C* = C {0} into the group of complex units, a (meromorphic) Prym differential on S1 with multipliers A1 is a meromorphic differential w on...

We show that the non-Archimedean skeleton of Prym variety associated to an unramified double cover algebraic curve is naturally isomorphic (as a principally polarized tropical abelian variety) cover. This confirms conjecture by Jensen and first author. prove new upper bound on dimension Prym-Brill-Noether locus for generic covers curves with fixed even gonality base. Our methods also give proof...

We investigate a family of correspondences associated tó etale coverings of degree 3 of hyperelliptic curves. They lead to Prym-Tyurin varieties of exponent 3. We identify these varieties and derive some consequences.

We work over C, the field of complex numbers. The Prym variety of a double cover C → D of a smooth connected projective curve D by a smooth connected curve C is defined (see [7]) as the identity component of the kernel of the norm homomorphism N : J(C) → J(D) between the Jacobians of the curves. This is an abelian variety polarised by the restriction of the canonical polarisation on J(C); we de...