Endomorphism algebras of superelliptic jacobians

  • Yuri G. Zarhin
Part of the Progress in Mathematics book series (PM, volume 235)

Summary

We describe an explicit construction that provides a plenty of complex abelian varieties whose endomorphism algebra is a product of cyclotomic fields.

Keywords

Galois Group Abelian Variety Endomorphism Ring Cyclic Cover Endomorphism Algebra 
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Authors and Affiliations

  • Yuri G. Zarhin
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  1. 1.Department of MathematicsPennsylvania State UniversityUniversity ParkUSA

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