A very general sextic double solid is not stably rational
Algebraic Geometry
2017-05-17 v2
Abstract
We prove that a double covering of P^3 branched along a very general sextic surface is not stably rational.
Cite
@article{arxiv.1411.7484,
title = {A very general sextic double solid is not stably rational},
author = {Arnaud Beauville},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1411.7484},
year = {2017}
}
Comments
A reference to the paper of Iliev-Katzarkov-Przyjalkowski added, and a small inaccuracy corrected