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The essential dimension of a g-dimensional complex abelian variety is 2g

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We compute the Buhler-Reichstein essential dimension of a complex abelian variety using Kummer theory.

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  1. Department of Mathematics, The University of British Columbia, Room 121, 1984 Mathematics Road, Vancouver, BC, V6T 1Z2, Canada

    Patrick Brosnan

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Brosnan, P. The essential dimension of a g-dimensional complex abelian variety is 2g. Transformation Groups 12, 437–441 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00031-006-0045-0

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