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K3 surfaces with a symplectic automorphism of order 4

Algebraic Geometry 2022-08-04 v1

Abstract

Given XX a K3 surface admitting a symplectic automorphism τ\tau of order 4, we describe the isometry τ\tau^* on H2(X,Z)H^2(X,\mathbb Z). Having called Z~\tilde Z and Y~\tilde Y respectively the minimal resolutions of the quotient surfaces Z=X/τ2Z=X/\tau^2 and Y=X/τY=X/\tau, we also describe the maps induced in cohomology by the rational quotient maps XZ~, XY~X\rightarrow\tilde Z,\ X\rightarrow\tilde Y and Y~Z~\tilde Y\rightarrow\tilde Z: with this knowledge, we are able to give a lattice-theoretic characterization of Z~\tilde Z, and find the relation between the N\'eron-Severi lattices of X,Z~X,\tilde Z and Y~\tilde Y in the projective case. We also produce three different projective models for X,Z~X,\tilde Z and Y~\tilde Y, each associated to a different polarization of degree 4 on XX.

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@article{arxiv.2208.01962,
  title  = {K3 surfaces with a symplectic automorphism of order 4},
  author = {Benedetta Piroddi},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2208.01962},
  year   = {2022}
}

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