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The Ciliberto-Di Gennaro conjecture for $d=5$

Algebraic Geometry 2026-05-08 v1

Abstract

The Ciliberto-Di Gennaro conjecture predicts that a nodal hypersurface of degree d3d\geq 3 with at most 2(d2)(d1)2(d-2)(d-1) nodes is either factorial, or contains a plane and has at least (d1)2(d-1)^2 nodes, or contains a quadric surface and has 2(d2)(d1)2(d-2)(d-1) nodes. This conjecture is classically known for d=3,4d=3,4. In 2022 the author proved this conjecture for d7d\geq 7 by the author. Kvitko announced a proof for d=6d=6 in 2025. In this paper we prove the conjecture for the remaining open value of dd, namely d=5d=5.

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@article{arxiv.2605.05796,
  title  = {The Ciliberto-Di Gennaro conjecture for $d=5$},
  author = {Remke Kloosterman},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2605.05796},
  year   = {2026}
}