Journal of Algebraic Geometry

Author(s): Keiji Matsumoto; Tomohide Terasoma
Journal: J. Algebraic Geom. 12 (2003), 741-775.
Posted: June 10, 2003
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Abstract: We construct automorphic forms on the 4-dimensional complex ball which describe the inverse of a period map for marked cubic surfaces

in terms of theta constants associated to the intermediate Jacobians of the triple coverings of the 3-dimensional complex projective space branching along

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Keiji Matsumoto
Affiliation: Division of Mathematics, Graduate School of Science, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan
Email: matsu@math.sci.hokudai.ac.jp

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