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Book DetailsMemoirs of the American Mathematical SocietyVolume: 107; 1994; 101 ppMSC: Primary 51; 14
This monograph studies the geometry of a Kummer surface in \({\mathbb P}^3_k\) and of its minimal desingularization, which is a
K3 surface (here \(k\) is an algebraically closed field of characteristic different from 2). This Kummer surface is a quartic surface with sixteen nodes as its only singularities. These nodes give rise to a configuration of sixteen points and sixteen planes in \({\mathbb P}^3\) such that each plane contains exactly six points and each point belongs to exactly six planes (this is called a “(16,6) configuration”). A Kummer surface is uniquely determined by its set of nodes. Gonzalez-Dorrego classifies (16,6) configurations and studies their manifold symmetries and the underlying questions about finite subgroups of \(PGL_4(k)\). She uses this information to give a complete classification of Kummer surfaces with explicit equations and explicit descriptions of their singularities. In addition, the beautiful connections to the theory ofK3 surfaces and abelian varieties are studied.ReadershipResearch mathematicians.
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Table of Contents
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Chapters
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0. Introduction
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1. The classification of (16,6) configurations
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2. The classification of Kummer surfaces in $\mathbb {P}^3$
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3. Divisors on a Kummer surface and its minimal desingularization
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4. Geometry of a Kummer surface in $\mathbb {P}^3$ and the associated abelian variety
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This monograph studies the geometry of a Kummer surface in \({\mathbb P}^3_k\) and of its minimal desingularization, which is a
Research mathematicians.
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Chapters
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0. Introduction
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1. The classification of (16,6) configurations
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2. The classification of Kummer surfaces in $\mathbb {P}^3$
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3. Divisors on a Kummer surface and its minimal desingularization
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4. Geometry of a Kummer surface in $\mathbb {P}^3$ and the associated abelian variety