An edition of K3 surfaces (2020)

K3 surfaces

K3 surfaces
Shigeyuki Kondō, Shigeyuki Kon ...
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An edition of K3 surfaces (2020)

K3 surfaces

K3 surfaces are a key piece in the classification of complex analytic or algebraic surfaces. The term was coined by A. Weil in 1958 - a result of the initials Kummer, Kähler, Kodaira, and the mountain K2 found in Karakoram. The most famous example is the Kummer surface discovered in the 19th century.K3 surfaces can be considered as a 2-dimensional analogue of an elliptic curve, and the theory of periods - called the Torelli-type theorem for K3 surfaces - was established around 1970. Since then, several pieces of research on K3 surfaces have been undertaken and more recently K3 surfaces have even become of interest in theoretical physics.The main purpose of this book is an introduction to the Torelli-type theorem for complex analytic K3 surfaces, and its applications. The theory of lattices and their reflection groups is necessary to study K3 surfaces, and this book introduces these notions. The book contains, as well as lattices and reflection groups, the classification of complex analytic surfaces, the Torelli-type theorem, the subjectivity of the period map, Enriques surfaces, an application to the moduli space of plane quartics, finite automorphisms of $K3$ surfaces, Niemeier lattices and the Mathieu group, the automorphism group of Kummer surfaces and the Leech lattice.The author seeks to demonstrate the interplay between several sorts of mathematics and hopes the book will prove helpful to researchers in algebraic geometry and related areas, and to graduate students with a basic grounding in algebraic geometry.

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Language
English
Pages
236

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K3 surfaces
2020, European Mathematical Society
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Table of Contents

Lattice theory
Reflection groups and their fundamental domains
Complex analytic surfaces
K3 surfaces and examples
Bounded symmetric domains of type IV and deformations of complexstructures
The Torelli-type theorem for K3 surfaces
Surjectivity of the period map of K3 surfaces
Application of the Torelli-type theorem to automorphisms
Enriques surfaces
Application to the moduli space of plane quartic curves
Finite groups of symplectic automorphisms of K3 surfaces and the Mathieugroup
Automorphism group of the Kummer surface associated with a curve of genus 2.

Edition Notes

"This book is an extended English version of the author's book "K3 Surfaces" in Japanese, which forms volume 5 of the series 'Suugaku no Kagayaki', published in 2015 by Kyoritsu Shuppan Japan. Chapters 0-10 are an English translation of the above book by the author himself. Chapter 11 and 12 are new and added to the English version by the author." -preface

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Berlin, Germany
Series
EMS Tracts in Mathematics -- 32, EMS tracts in mathematics -- 32.

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Dewey Decimal Class
516.3/52
Library of Congress
QA573 .K6613 2020

The Physical Object

Pagination
xiii, 236 pages
Number of pages
236

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL44023283M
ISBN 10
3037192089
ISBN 13
9783037192085
OCLC/WorldCat
1145545173

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