arXiv · 2609.23124
A polynomial formula for the Albanese map of the Cartwright-Steger surface
Abstract
The Albanese fibration of the Cartwright--Steger surface is a genus-$19$ Lefschetz fibration over a torus. We give an explicit formula for it: in the projective model of Borisov and Yeung, the map is represented by three homogeneous polynomials of degree $13$ with integer coefficients, and its target is the elliptic curve $Y^2Z=X^3-3888Z^3$. A recognition theorem shows that it suffices to verify one polynomial identity on the surface. A coefficient bound allows us to establish the identity over $Q$ from computations modulo primes. We also determine exact coordinates for the three nodes and their images on the elliptic curve.
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Zoltán Szabó. 2026-09-19. A polynomial formula for the Albanese map of the Cartwright-Steger surface. https://arxiv.org/abs/2609.23124
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