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Stable rationality of quadric surface bundles over surfaces

Algebraic Geometry 2016-03-31 v1 Number Theory

Abstract

We study rationality properties of quadric surface bundles over the projective plane. We exhibit families of smooth projective complex fourfolds of this type over connected bases, containing both rational and non-rational fibers.

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@article{arxiv.1603.09262,
  title  = {Stable rationality of quadric surface bundles over surfaces},
  author = {Brendan Hassett and Alena Pirutka and Yuri Tschinkel},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1603.09262},
  year   = {2016}
}

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24 pages