Kanev–Lange polarization-type conjecture for simply ramified BnB_n-coverings

Let p:CπCgP1p:C\overset{\pi}{\longrightarrow}C'\overset{g}{\longrightarrow}\mathbb{P}^1 be a simply ramified BnB_n-covering with CC irreducible. Let Ds\mathfrak{D}_s and D\mathfrak{D}_{\ell} be the branch loci corresponding respectively to short and long reflections, let P(X,δ)P(X,\delta) be the associated Prym–Tyurin variety, and let P^\hat P' be the dual of the Prym variety P(C,C)P(C,C'). Kanev–Lange's polarization-type conjecture. The homomorphism μ:P^P(X,δ)\mu:\hat P'\to P(X,\delta) is an isomorphism. Equivalently, the polarization type of ΘJXP(X,δ)\Theta_{JX}|_{P(X,\delta)} is (2n2,,2n2)(2^{n-2},\ldots,2^{n-2}) if Ds=0|\mathfrak{D}_s|=0 or Ds=2|\mathfrak{D}_s|=2, and is (2n2,,2n2,2n1,,2n1)(2^{n-2},\ldots,2^{n-2},2^{n-1},\ldots,2^{n-1}) if Ds>2|\mathfrak{D}_s|>2, with 2n22^{n-2} appearing 12D+1n\frac{1}{2}|\mathfrak{D}_{\ell}|+1-n times and 2n12^{n-1} appearing 12Ds1\frac{1}{2}|\mathfrak{D}_s|-1 times. The supplied status evidence says this conjecture remains open for simple BnB_n-coverings of P1\mathbb{P}^1 with n4n\geq4.

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Vassil Kanev and Herbert Lange, “Polarization types of isogenous Prym-Tyurin varieties”, arXiv:0707.0364 (2007).

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