Short equations for the genus 2 covers of degree 3 of an elliptic curve

2005/03/21 by Jan Christian Rohde, Rohde, Jan Christian
Mathematics · #Advanced Algebra and Geometry #Algebraic Geometry (math.AG) #Algebraic Geometry and Number Theory #FOS: Mathematics #Homotopy and Cohomology in Algebraic Topology #math.AG

paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.math/0503412

6 pages

arxiv created 2005/03/21 · openalex publication_date 2005/03/21 · arxiv updated 2009/12/01 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28

Abstract

E. Kani has shown that the Hurwitz functor, which parametrizes the (normalized) genus 2 covers of degree 3 of an elliptic curve, is representable. In this paper the corresponding moduli scheme and the universal family are explicitly calculated and described by short equations.

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