The Chow Ring of the Moduli Space of Abelian Threefolds

Abstract

In this paper we determine the structure of the Chow ring of the Delaunay-Voronoi compactification $\tilde{\cal A}_3$ of the moduli space of principally polarized abelian threefolds. This compactification was introduced by Namikawa and studied by Tsushima. We use equivariant classes on level coverings of $\tilde{\cal A}_3$. We also compare this ring with the Chow ring of the moduli space of stable genus 3 curves as determined by Faber.