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The theta divisor of bidegree (2,2) threefold in 2 × 2

Atanas Iliev

Vol. 180 (1997), No. 1, 57–88
Abstract

Recently A.Verra proved that the existence of two conic bundle structures (c.b.s.) on the bidegree (2,2) divisor in the product of two projective planes implies a new counterexample to the Torelli theorem for Prym varieties. Let J(T) be the jacobian of T. In this paper we prove that any of the two c.b.s. on T induces a parametrization of the theta divisor of J(T) by the Abel-Jacobi image of a special family of elliptic curves of degree 10 (minimal sections of the given c.b.s.) on T. This result is an analog of the well-known Riemann theorem for curves. Further we use once again the geometry of curves on T, in order to prove the Torelli theorem for the bidegree (2,2) threefolds. In the end, we study the bidegree (2,2) threefold T with one node. It is shown that in this case the classical Dixon correspondence, between the two discriminant pairs defined by T, can be represented as a composition of two 4-gonal correspondences of Donagi.

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Received: 8 July 1994
Revised: 29 November 1995
Published: 1 September 1997
Authors
Atanas Iliev
Bulgarian Academy of Sciences
ul. Acad. G. Bonchev, bl.8
1113 Sofia
Bulgaria