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Rationality does not specialize among terminal varieties

Algebraic Geometry 2015-08-06 v1

Abstract

A limit of rational varieties need not be rational, even if all varieties in the family are projective and have at most terminal singularities.

Cite

@article{arxiv.1508.00994,
  title  = {Rationality does not specialize among terminal varieties},
  author = {Burt Totaro},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1508.00994},
  year   = {2015}
}

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3 pages

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