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Birational characterization of abelian varieties and ordinary abelian varieties in characteristic p>0

Authors :
Hacon, Christopher D.
Patakfalvi, Zsolt
Zhang, Lei
Source :
Duke Math. J. 168, no. 9 (2019), 1723-1736
Publication Year :
2017

Abstract

Let $k$ be an algebraically closed field of characteristic $p>0$. We give a birational characterization of ordinary abelian varieties over $k$: a smooth projective variety $X$ is birational to an ordinary abelian variety if and only if $\kappa_S(X)=0$ and $b_1(X)=2 \dim X$. We also give a similar characterization of abelian varieties as well: a smooth projective variety $X$ is birational to an abelian variety if and only if $\kappa(X)=0$, and the Albanese morphism $a: X \to A$ is generically finite. Along the way, we also show that if $\kappa _S (X)=0$ (or if $\kappa(X)=0$ and $a$ is generically finite) then the Albanese morphism $a:X\to A$ is surjective and in particular $\dim A\leq \dim X$.<br />Comment: This submissium supercedes the previous submission arXiv:1602.01791, 9 pages

Details

Database :
arXiv
Journal :
Duke Math. J. 168, no. 9 (2019), 1723-1736
Publication Type :
Report
Accession number :
edsarx.1703.06631
Document Type :
Working Paper
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1215/00127094-2019-0008