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Stably irrational hypersurfaces of small slopes

Algebraic Geometry 2019-10-23 v5 Complex Variables

Abstract

Let k be an uncountable field of characteristic different from two. We show that a very general hypersurface of dimension N>2 and degree at least log2N+2\log_2N +2 is not stably rational over the algebraic closure of k.

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@article{arxiv.1801.05397,
  title  = {Stably irrational hypersurfaces of small slopes},
  author = {Stefan Schreieder},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1801.05397},
  year   = {2019}
}

Comments

34 pages; Appendix with explicit equations added. To appear in Journal of the AMS