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Nonrational del Pezzo fibrations

Algebraic Geometry 2007-09-03 v4

Abstract

Let XX be a general divisor in 3M+nL|3M+nL| on the rational scroll Proj(i=14OP1(di))\mathrm{Proj}(\oplus_{i=1}^{4}\mathcal{O}_{\mathbb{P}^{1}}(d_{i})), where did_{i} and nn are integers, MM is the tautological line bundle, LL is a fibre of the natural projection to P1\mathbb{P}^{1}, and d1...d4=0d_{1}\geqslant...\geqslant d_{4}=0. We prove that XX is rational     \iff d1=0d_{1}=0 and n=1n=1.

Cite

@article{arxiv.math/0407343,
  title  = {Nonrational del Pezzo fibrations},
  author = {Ivan Cheltsov},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:math/0407343},
  year   = {2007}
}

Comments

8 pages, short version, to appear in Advances in Geometry