In attempting to study any moduli space M, one of the basic first steps is to find a good compactification M ⊂ M̅. Preferably the compactification M̅ should have reasonable geometric properties (i.e. smooth with M̅ − M a divisor with normal crossings), and the space M̅ should also have a reasonable moduli interpretation with boundary points corresponding to degenerate objects.
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(2008). Introduction. In: Compactifying Moduli Spaces for Abelian Varieties. Lecture Notes in Mathematics, vol 1958. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-70519-2_1
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