Let be a Variety, and write for the set of divisors, for the set of divisors linearly equivalentto 0, and for the group of divisors algebraically equal to 0. Then is called the Picard variety. TheAlbanese Variety is dual to the Picard variety.
See also Albanese Variety
References
Iyanaga, S. and Kawada, Y. (Eds.). Encyclopedic Dictionary of Mathematics. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, p. 75, 1980.