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Obstructions to unirationality for product-quotient surfaces over $\overline{\mathbb{F}}_p$

Algebraic Geometry 2025-08-21 v1

Abstract

We construct a surface over Fp\overline{\mathbb{F}}_p with π1eˊt(X)=1\pi_1^{\'{e}t}(X) = 1 that is supersingular -- in the sense that Heˊt2(X,Q(1))H^2_{\'{e}t}(X, \mathbb{Q}_{\ell}(1)) is spanned by algebraic cycles -- but is not unirational. This provides a counterexample to a 1977 conjecture of Shioda. To achieve this, we produce new obstructions to unirationality for product-quotient surfaces.

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@article{arxiv.2508.14876,
  title  = {Obstructions to unirationality for product-quotient surfaces over $\overline{\mathbb{F}}_p$},
  author = {Benjamin Church},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2508.14876},
  year   = {2025}
}

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48 pages -- comments welcome