Calabi-Yau Threefolds and Moduli of Abelian Surfaces I

Compositio Mathematica

Volumn 127, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 169-228

  Gross, Mark ^a   Popescu, Sorin ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^b Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^c STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Abelian surfaces; Calabi Yau threefolds; Moduli; Rationality

Indexed keywords

EID: 0347869007     PISSN: 0010437X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1012076503121     Document Type: Article

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