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The flex divisor of a K3 surface

Algebraic Geometry 2021-09-30 v1

Abstract

The flex divisor of a primitively polarized K3 surface (X,L)(X,L) of degree L2=2dL^2=2d is, generically, the locus of all points xXx\in X for which there exists a pencil VLV\subset |L| whose base locus is {x}\{x\}. We show that the flex divisor lies in the linear system ndL|n_dL| where nd=(2d+1)C(d)2n_d=(2d+1)C(d)^2 and C(d)C(d) is the Catalan number. We also show that there is a well-defined notion of flex divisor over the whole moduli space F2dF_{2d} of polarized K3 surfaces.

Cite

@article{arxiv.2109.14603,
  title  = {The flex divisor of a K3 surface},
  author = {Valery Alexeev and Philip Engel},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2109.14603},
  year   = {2021}
}

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10 pages

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