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Non-rationality of the S_6-symmetric quartic threefolds

Algebraic Geometry 2013-01-03 v2

Abstract

The quartic hypersurfaces in P^4 invariant under the standard representation of S_6 form a linear pencil. We prove that a general member of this pencil is not rational.

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@article{arxiv.1212.5345,
  title  = {Non-rationality of the S_6-symmetric quartic threefolds},
  author = {Arnaud Beauville},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1212.5345},
  year   = {2013}
}

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One (annoying) typo corrected