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Rationality of the moduli variety of curves of genus 3

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We prove that the moduli variety of curves of genus 3 is rational.

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  1. Independent University of Moscow, Moscow, USSR

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Research supported by the Max-Planck-Institut für Mathematik (Bonn, Germany) and Grant N MQZ000 of the International Science Foundation.

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Katsylo, P. Rationality of the moduli variety of curves of genus 3. Commentarii Mathematici Helvetici 71, 507–524 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02566434

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