Essential dimension and moduli of abelian varieties

Mark Kisin
Harvard University

I will explain recent joint work with Farb and Wolfson which determines the essential p-dimension of congruence covers of A_g, the moduli space of abelian varieties, and of certain of its subvarieties. The method uses the defomation theory of finite flat group schemes and p-divisible groups.


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