nLab Poincaré line bundle

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Idea

The canonical line bundle on the product of an abelian group (abelian variety) and its dual Picard scheme. Alternatively its sheaf of sections: the Poincaré sheaf.

References

The idea is briefly summarized in

Lecture notes:

  • John Meth, Kelly McKinnie, The Poincaré bundle [pdf]

Monographs:

  • Alexander Polishchuk, section 16.3 of: Abelian varieties, Theta functions and the Fourier transform, Cambridge University Press (2003) [pdf]

Discussion in differential geometry and with an eye towards of (topological and geometric) T-duality:

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