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A simply connected numerical Godeaux surface with ample canonical class

alg-geom 2008-02-03 v2 Algebraic Geometry

Abstract

We prove that a recent construction of a numerical Godeaux surface due to P. Craighero and R. Gattazzo is simply connected, and show how to realize their construction as a double plane. By proving that the surface contains no (-2)-curves, we obtain that this is the first example of a simply connected surface with vanishing geometric genus and ample canonical class.

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@article{arxiv.alg-geom/9704022,
  title  = {A simply connected numerical Godeaux surface with ample canonical class},
  author = {I. Dolgachev and C. Werner},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:alg-geom/9704022},
  year   = {2008}
}

Comments

plain Tex 22 pages; 1 figure added, revised proofs of several results, corrected typos