Gonality–genus bound for the Seshadri constant of a polarized abelian variety

Let (A,θ)(A,\theta) be a polarized abelian variety, and let CAC\subset A be a smooth curve of genus hh. Write cc for the gonality of CC and

d=(θC)d=(\theta\cdot C)

for its θ\theta-degree. Gonality–genus Seshadri conjecture. Then

ε(θ)cdc+h1.\varepsilon(\theta)\leq\frac{cd}{c+h-1}.

This is proposed as a generalization of the corresponding Jacobian-case bound and is intended to support universal genus estimates for curves on polarized abelian varieties; its general validity is open.

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Primary source

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

Additional references

5 papers in this index state this conjecture (2016–2026). The statement above is taken from the most recent of them; the others are arXiv:2203.16619, arXiv:2002.07753, arXiv:1802.07153, arXiv:1609.02091.

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