This question is inspired by http://mathoverflow.net/questions/453/what-is-an-example-of-a-function-on-mg . Consider Mg, the moduli space of genus g curves, NOT compactified. When g is 3 or greater, this is not affine. Does anyone know a good description of the ring of global functions on Mg, or of the spectrum of this ring?
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By exercise 2.10 of Moduli of Curves by Harris and Morrison there exists a complete curve through any two points of M_g (this follows from the fact that the `boundary of the Hodge theory' compactification of M_g has codimension at least 2 and that M_g is quasi-projective). It follows the only global functions on M_g are constant. |
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Doesn't M_g have codimension 2 in the Satake compactification for g > 2? |
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