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Chidambaram on genus two curves, II

We now continue a series of posts on the work of my student Shiva Chidambaram. (Click here for part I.) Today I would like to discuss another project with Shiva that was also joint with David Roberts (no, not David … Continue reading

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Central Extensions, Updated

I previously mentioned a problem concerning polynomials, whose motivation came from thinking about weight one forms and the inverse Galois problem for finite subgroups of \(\mathrm{GL}_2(\mathbf{C}).\) I still like the polynomial problem, but I realized that I was confused about … Continue reading

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