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In this paper we study unipotent groups associated to degenerations of smooth curves. In particular, we obtain results on the exponent of these groups, and use these to get an almost complete description of the structure of unipotent groups associated to curves of genus two.
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Received: 17 December 1998 / in final form: 3 August 1999
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Penniston, D. Unipotent groups and curves of genus two . Math Ann 317, 57–78 (2000). https://doi.org/10.1007/s002080050359
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s002080050359