Hyperelliptic characterization by the Seshadri constant

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Let (A,θ)(A,\theta) be an indecomposable principally polarized abelian variety of dimension g4g\geq 4. The hyperelliptic characterization conjecture. If ε(A,θ)<2\varepsilon(A,\theta)<2, then (A,θ)(JC,θC)(A,\theta)\simeq (JC,\theta_C) for a hyperelliptic curve CC. This predicts that, in dimension at least four, an indecomposable principally polarized abelian variety with Seshadri constant below 22 must be the Jacobian of a hyperelliptic curve.

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Nelson Alvarado, “Seshadri constants and hyperelliptic curves on abelian varieties”, arXiv:2606.09418 (2026).

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