Families of irreducible principally polarized abelian varieties isomorphic to a product of elliptic curves

González-Aguilera, Víctor; Rodríguez, Rubí

doi:10.1090/S0002-9939-99-05415-5

Families of irreducible principally polarized abelian varieties isomorphic to a product of elliptic curves
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Abstract:

For each $n$ greater than or equal to two, we give a family of $n$–dimensional, irreducible principally polarized abelian varieties isomorphic to a product of elliptic curves. This family corresponds to the modular curve $X_0(n+1)$.

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