Infinitesimal deformations of restricted simple Lie algebras I

We compute the infinitesimal deformations of two families of restricted simple modular Lie algebras of Cartan type: the Witt-Jacobson and the Special Lie algebras.Comment: 27 pages, title slightly changed, references updated, typos corrected, final version to appear on J. Algebr

Restricted simple Lie algebras and their infinitesimal deformations

In this expository paper, we first review the classification of the restricted simple Lie algebras in characteristic different from 2 and 3 and then we describe their infinitesimal deformations. We conclude by indicating some possible application to the deformations of simple finite group schemes.Comment: 11 pages, An Introduction to the classification of restricted simple Lie algebras and their deformation

Moduli and Periods of Supersymmetric Curves

Supersymmetric curves are the analogue of Riemann surfaces in super geometry. We establish some foundational results about complex Deligne-Mumford superstacks, and we then prove that the moduli superstack of supersymmetric curves is a smooth complex Deligne-Mumford superstack. We then show that the superstack of supersymmetric curves admits a coarse complex superspace, which, in this case, is just an ordinary complex space. In the second part of this paper we discuss the period map. We remark that the period domain is the moduli space of ordinary abelian varieties endowed with a symmetric theta divisor, and we then show that the differential of the period map is surjective. In other words, we prove that any first order deformation of a classical Jacobian is the Jacobian of a supersymmetric curve.Comment: Minor revision, to appear on Advances in Theoretical and Mathematical Physic

Families of n-gonal curves with maximal variation of moduli

We study families of n-gonal curves with maximal variation of moduli, which have a rational section. Certain numerical results on the degree of the modular map are obtained for such families of hyperelliptic and trigonal curves. In the last case we use the description of the relative Picard group of the universal family of trigonal curves.Comment: 16 pages. Some modifications on the third section. References adde

Picard group of moduli of hyperelliptic curves

The main subject of this work is the difference between the coarse moduli space and the stack of hyperelliptic curves. We compute their Picard groups, giving explicit description of the generators. We get an application to the (non-)existence of a tautological family over the coarse moduli space.Comment: 13 pages. Section 2 has been shortened and the final appendix has been erased. Final version, to appear on Math. Zei

Comparing Perfect and 2nd Voronoi decompositions: the matroidal locus

We compare two rational polyhedral admissible decompositions of the cone of positive definite quadratic forms: the perfect cone decomposition and the 2nd Voronoi decomposition. We determine which cones belong to both the decompositions, thus providing a positive answer to a conjecture of V. Alexeev and A. Brunyate. As an application, we compare the two associated toroidal compactifications of the moduli space of principal polarized abelian varieties: the perfect cone compactification and the 2nd Voronoi compactification.Comment: 27 pages, 2 figures, final version, to appear in Mathematische Annale