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Papers by K. Hulek

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On the motive of Kummer varieties associated to Γ 1 (7)-Supplement to the paper: The modularity o... more On the motive of Kummer varieties associated to Γ 1 (7)-Supplement to the paper: The modularity of certain non-rigid Calabi-Yau threefolds (by Abstract In their paper [LY] Livné and Yui discuss several examples of non-rigid Calabi-Yau varieties which admit semi-stable K3-fibrations with 6 singular fibres over a base which is a rational modular curve. They also establish the modularity of the L-function of these examples. The purpose of this note is to point out that the examples which were listed in [LY], but which do not lead to semi-stable fibrations, are still modular in the sense that their L-function is associated to modular forms. We shall treat the case associated to the group Γ 1 (7) in detail, but our technique also works in the other cases given in [LY]. We shall also make some comments concerning the Kummer construction for fibre products of elliptic surfaces in general.

AMS/IP Studies in Advanced Mathematics, 2006

In this paper we prove that (not necessarily rigid) Calabi-Yau threefolds defined over Q which co... more In this paper we prove that (not necessarily rigid) Calabi-Yau threefolds defined over Q which contain sufficiently many elliptic ruled surfaces are modular (under certain mild restrictions on the primes of bad reduction). This is an application of the results of Dieulefait and Manoharmayum [DM], [D] who showed modularity for rigid Calabi-Yau threefolds.

Annali della Scuola normale superiore di Pisa, Classe di scienze

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Springer-Lehrbuch, 2005

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Abelian Varieties

The moduli space A 1,p of abelian surfaces with a polarisation of type (1, p) and a level structu... more The moduli space A 1,p of abelian surfaces with a polarisation of type (1, p) and a level structure, for p an odd prime, is a singular quasi-projective variety. It has been studied in detail in [HKW1]. In the present note we prove the following. Theorem Let X be any desingularisation of an algebraic compactification of A 1,p for p an odd prime. Then X is simply connected. In fact it is enough to prove this for one such X, since any two X have the same fundamental group. If p = 5 or 7 then X is known to be rational and therefore simply connected. For p = 5 this goes back to [HM]; for p = 7 it has recently been shown in [MS] that X is birationally equivalent to a Fano variety of type V 22 , which is known to be rational. It does not seem to be known whether X is rational if p = 3, but it is shown in [HS] that if p is large then X is of general type. 1 Generalities about fundamental groups The general facts in this section are all well known. Lemma 1.1 Let M be a connected simply connected real manifold and G a group acting discontinuously on M. Let x ∈ M be a base point. Then the quotient map ϕ : M −→ M/G induces a map ψ : G −→ π 1 (M/G, ϕ(x)) which is surjective.

In this paper we derive an explicit formula for the Hirzebruch-Mumford volume of an indefinite la... more In this paper we derive an explicit formula for the Hirzebruch-Mumford volume of an indefinite lattice L of rank at least 3. If \Gamma is an arithmetic subgroup of the group O(L) of isometries of L and L has signature (2,n), then an application of Hirzebruch-Mumford proportionality allows us to determine the leading term of the growth of the dimension of the spaces S_k(\Gamma) of cusp forms of weight k, as k goes to infinity. We compute this in a number of examples, which are important for geometric applications.

A strongly reflective modular form with respect to an orthogonal group of signature (2, n) determ... more A strongly reflective modular form with respect to an orthogonal group of signature (2, n) determines a Lorentzian Kac-Moody algebra. We find a new geometric application of such modular forms: we prove that if the weight is larger than n then the corresponding modular variety is uniruled. We also construct new reflective modular forms and thus provide new examples of uniruled moduli spaces of lattice polarised K3 surfaces. Finally we prove that the moduli space of Kummer surfaces associated to (1, 21)-polarised abelian surfaces is uniruled.

Global Aspects of Complex Geometry

In this paper we discuss recent progress on the modularity of Calabi-Yau varieties. We focus most... more In this paper we discuss recent progress on the modularity of Calabi-Yau varieties. We focus mostly on the case of surfaces and threefolds. We will also discuss some progress on the structure of the L-function in connection with mirror symmetry. Finally, we address some questions and open problems.

International Journal of Mathematics, 1993

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Mathematische Zeitschrift, 2010

This paper proposes a new geometric construction of Enriques surfaces. Its starting point are K3 ... more This paper proposes a new geometric construction of Enriques surfaces. Its starting point are K3 surfaces with jacobian elliptic fibration which arise from rational elliptic surfaces by a quadratic base change. The Enriques surfaces obtained in this way are characterised by elliptic fibrations with a rational curve as bisection which splits into two sections on the covering K3 surface. The construction has applications to the study of Enriques surfaces with specific automorphisms. It also allows us to answer a question of Beauville about Enriques surfaces whose Brauer groups show an exceptional behaviour. In a forthcoming paper, we will study arithmetic consequences of our construction.

Complex Analysis and Algebraic Geometry, Jan 31, 2000

(1,d)-polarized abelian surfaces in P^(d-1) with two plane cubic curve fibrations lie in two elli... more (1,d)-polarized abelian surfaces in P^(d-1) with two plane cubic curve fibrations lie in two elliptic P^2-scrolls. The union of these scrolls form a reducible Calabi-Yau 3-fold. In this paper we show that this occurs when d<10 and analyse the family of such surfaces and 3-folds in detail when d=6. In particular, the reducible Calabi-Yau 3-folds deform in that case to irreducible ones with non-normal singularities.

The name "K3 surfaces" was coined by A. Weil in 1957 when he formulated a research prog... more The name "K3 surfaces" was coined by A. Weil in 1957 when he formulated a research programme for these surfaces and their moduli. Since then, irreducible holomorphic symplectic manifolds have been introduced as a higher dimensional analogue of K3 surfaces. In this paper we present a review of this theory starting from the definition of K3 surfaces and going as far as the global Torelli theorem for irreducible holomorphic symplectic manifolds as recently proved by M. Verbitsky. For many years the last open question of Weil's programme was that of the geometric type of the moduli spaces of polarised K3 surfaces. We explain how this problem has been solved. Our method uses algebraic geometry, modular forms and Borcherds automorphic products. We collect and discuss the relevant facts from the theory of modular forms with respect to the orthogonal group O(2,n). We also give a detailed description of quasi pull-back of automorphic Borcherds products. This part contains previ...

Journal of the European Mathematical Society, 2017

The main purpose of this paper is to present a conceptual approach to understanding the extension... more The main purpose of this paper is to present a conceptual approach to understanding the extension of the Prym map from the space of admissible double covers of stable curves to different toroidal compactifications of the moduli space of principally polarized abelian varieties. By separating the combinatorial problems from the geometric aspects we can reduce this to the computation of certain monodromy cones. In this way we not only shed new light on the extension results of Alexeev, Birkenhake, Hulek, and Vologodsky for the second Voronoi toroidal compactification, but we also apply this to other toroidal compactifications, in particular the perfect cone compactification, for which we obtain a combinatorial characterization of the indeterminacy locus, as well as a geometric description up to codimension six, and an explicit toroidal resolution of the Prym map up to codimension four.

Lecture Notes in Mathematics, 2000

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Journal für die reine und angewandte Mathematik (Crelles Journal), 2015

We show that the cohomology of the perfect cone (also called first Voronoi) toroidal compactifica... more We show that the cohomology of the perfect cone (also called first Voronoi) toroidal compactification 𝒜

Algebraic Geometry, 2015

We study the cones in the first Voronoi or perfect cone decomposition of quadratic forms with res... more We study the cones in the first Voronoi or perfect cone decomposition of quadratic forms with respect to the question which of these cones are basic or simplicial. As a consequence we deduce that the singular locus of the moduli stack A Perf g , the toroidal compactification of the moduli space of principally polarized abelian varieties of dimension g given by this decomposition, has codimension 10 if g ≥ 4. Moreover we describe the nonsimplicial locus in codimension 10. We also show that the second Voronoi compactification A Vor g has singularities in codimension 3 for g ≥ 5.

In their paper (LY) Livne and Yui discuss several examples of non- rigid Calabi-Yau varieties whi... more In their paper (LY) Livne and Yui discuss several examples of non- rigid Calabi-Yau varieties which admit semi-stable K3-fibrations with 6 singular fibres over a base which is a rational modular curve. They also establish the modularity of the L-function of these examples. The purpose of this note is to point out that the examples which were listed in (LY),

For many classical moduli spaces of orthogonal type there are results about the Kodaira dimension... more For many classical moduli spaces of orthogonal type there are results about the Kodaira dimension. But nothing is known in the case of dimension greater than 19. In this paper we obtain the first results in this direction. In particular the modular variety defined by the orthogonal group of the even unimodular lattice of signature (2, 8m+2) is of general

This is a survey article about Siegel modular varieties over the complex numbers. It is written m... more This is a survey article about Siegel modular varieties over the complex numbers. It is written mostly from the point of view of moduli of abelian varieties, especially surfaces. We cover compactification of Siegel modular varieties; classification of the compactified varieties by Kodaira dimension, etc.; moduli of abelian surfaces and especially applications of the lifting of Jacobi forms to modular