Contents Introduction Chapter I. Abelian varieties and theta functions §1. A condition for a complex torus to be algebraic §2. Line bundles on complex tori §3. Theta functions §4. Theta functions and maps of tori into projective spaces. Secants of Abelian varieties Chapter II. Theta functions of Riemann surfaces §5. Theta functions of Jacobi varieties §6. Theta functions of Prym varieties of double coverings with two branch points §7. Theta functions of Prym varieties of unramified coverings Chapter III. Jacobi varieties and soliton equations (the Riemann-Schottky problem, the Novikov conjecture, and trisecants) §8. Baker-Akhieser functions and rings of commuting differential operators §9. The Novikov conjecture in the Riemann-Schottky problem and trisecants of Jacobi varieties §10. The Riemann-Schottky problem Chapter IV. Prym varieties and non-linear equations §11. Soliton equations and Prym theta functions §12. Methods of finite-zone integration in the theory of the Prym map Final remarks
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