Singularities of normal quartic surfaces II (char=2)
Algebraic Geometry
2022-05-25 v2
Abstract
We show, in this second part, that the maximal number of singular points of a quartic surface defined over an algebraically closed field of characteristic 2 is at most 14, and that, if we have 14 singularities, these are nodes and moreover the minimal resolution of is a supersingular K3 surface. We produce an irreducible component, of dimension 24, of the variety of quartics with 14 nodes. We also exhibit easy examples of quartics with 7 -singularities.
Cite
@article{arxiv.2110.03078,
title = {Singularities of normal quartic surfaces II (char=2)},
author = {Fabrizio Catanese and Matthias Schütt},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2110.03078},
year = {2022}
}
Comments
v2: 35 pages, final version with improved exposition and streamlined arguments; dedicated to Herb Clemens on occasion of his 82nd birthday