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$q$-bic threefolds and their surface of lines

Algebraic Geometry 2026-03-10 v1 Number Theory Representation Theory

Abstract

For any power qq of the positive ground field characteristic, a smooth qq-bic threefold -- the Fermat threefold of degree q+1q+1 for example -- has a smooth surface SS of lines which behaves like the Fano surface of a smooth cubic threefold. I develop projective, moduli-theoretic, and degeneration techniques to study the geometry of SS. Using, in addition, the modular representation theory of the finite unitary group and the geometric theory of filtrations, I compute cohomology of the structure sheaf of SS when qq is prime.

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@article{arxiv.2402.09884,
  title  = {$q$-bic threefolds and their surface of lines},
  author = {Raymond Cheng},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2402.09884},
  year   = {2026}
}

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