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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 XPK3X \subset \mathbb{P}^3_K defined over an algebraically closed field KK of characteristic 2 is at most 14, and that, if we have 14 singularities, these are nodes and moreover the minimal resolution of XX 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 A3A_3-singularities.

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@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

R2 v1 2026-06-24T06:41:10.913Z