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Cuspidal quintics and surfaces with $p_g=0,$ $K^2=3$ and 5-torsion

Algebraic Geometry 2019-02-20 v3

Abstract

If SS is a quintic surface in P3\mathbb P^3 with singular set 1515 33-divisible ordinary cusps, then there is a Galois triple cover ϕ:XS\phi:X\to S branched only at the cusps such that pg(X)=4,p_g(X)=4, q(X)=0,q(X)=0, KX2=15K_X^2=15 and ϕ\phi is the canonical map of XX. We use computer algebra to search for such quintics having a free action of Z5\mathbb Z_5, so that X/Z5X/{\mathbb Z_5} is a smooth minimal surface of general type with pg=0p_g=0 and K2=3K^2=3. We find two different quintics, one of which is the Van der Geer--Zagier quintic, the other is new. We also construct a quintic threefold passing through the 1515 singular lines of the Igusa quartic, with 1515 cuspidal lines there. By taking tangent hyperplane sections, we compute quintic surfaces with singular set 17A217\mathsf A_2, 16A216\mathsf A_2, 15A2+A315\mathsf A_2+\mathsf A_3 and 15A2+D415\mathsf A_2+\mathsf D_4.

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@article{arxiv.1310.4071,
  title  = {Cuspidal quintics and surfaces with $p_g=0,$ $K^2=3$ and 5-torsion},
  author = {Carlos Rito},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1310.4071},
  year   = {2019}
}

Comments

Exposition improved according to the Referee suggestions. Final version