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Faltings height and Néron–Tate height of a theta divisor
We prove a formula, which, given a principally polarized abelian variety $$(A,\lambda )$$ over the field of algebraic numbers, relates the stable Faltings height of $$A$$ with the Néron–Tate height of a symmetric theta divisor on $$A$$ . Our formula completes earlier results due to Bost, Hindry, Autissier and Wagener. The local non-archimedean terms in our formula can be expressed as the tropical moments of the tropicalizations of $$(A,\lambda )$$ .
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- Award ID(s):
- 2044564
- PAR ID:
- 10336343
- Date Published:
- Journal Name:
- Compositio Mathematica
- Volume:
- 158
- Issue:
- 1
- ISSN:
- 0010-437X
- Page Range / eLocation ID:
- 1 to 32
- Format(s):
- Medium: X
- Sponsoring Org:
- National Science Foundation
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