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The André–Oort conjecture for the moduli space of abelian surfaces

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 December 2012

Jonathan Pila
Affiliation:
Mathematical Institute, University of Oxford, 24-29 St Giles, Oxford OX1 3LB, UK (email: Jonathan.Pila@maths.ox.ac.uk)
Jacob Tsimerman
Affiliation:
Mathematics Department, Harvard University, One Oxford Street, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA (email: jacobt@math.harvard.edu)
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Abstract

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We provide an unconditional proof of the André–Oort conjecture for the coarse moduli space 𝒜2,1 of principally polarized abelian surfaces, following the strategy outlined by Pila–Zannier.

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Research Article
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