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Double cubics and double quartics

Algebraic Geometry 2007-05-23 v4

Abstract

We study a double cover ψ:XVPn\psi:X\to V\subset\mathbb{P}^{n} branched over a smooth divisor RVR\subset V such that RR is cut on VV by a hypersurface of degree 2(ndeg(V))2(n-\mathrm{deg}(V)), where n8n\geqslant 8 and VV is a smooth hypersurface of degree 3 or 4. We prove that XX is nonrational and birationally superrigid.

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@article{arxiv.math/0410408,
  title  = {Double cubics and double quartics},
  author = {Ivan Cheltsov},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:math/0410408},
  year   = {2007}
}

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9 pages