Timeline for Resolutions of higher-dimensional Kummer varieties
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| Apr 13, 2013 at 3:02 | comment | added | Sasha | You can rewrite the construction as first blowing up all torsion point and then taking the quotient. In this case the fixed point locus of the involution is the union of exceptional divisors, so the quotient is smooth. Alternatively, you can look at the local model --- the blowup of ${\mathbb C}^n/\pm1$ and check it smoothness. | |
| Apr 12, 2013 at 23:12 | comment | added | Reza Akhtar | Thanks, Sasha. May I ask further: can you point me to a reference explaining why this variety is smooth? | |
| Apr 12, 2013 at 23:09 | vote | accept | Reza Akhtar | ||
| Apr 12, 2013 at 20:11 | history | answered | Sasha | CC BY-SA 3.0 |