An Abelian variety which is canonically attached to an algebraic variety which is the solution to a certain universal problem. The Albanese variety is dual to the Picard variety.
Albanese Variety
See also
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References
Hazewinkel, M. (Managing Ed.). Encyclopaedia of Mathematics: An Updated and Annotated Translation of the Soviet "Mathematical Encyclopaedia." Dordrecht, Netherlands: Reidel, pp. 67-68, 1988.Referenced on Wolfram|Alpha
Albanese VarietyCite this as:
Weisstein, Eric W. "Albanese Variety." From MathWorld--A Wolfram Web Resource. https://mathworld.wolfram.com/AlbaneseVariety.html