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The Hesse pencil of plane cubic curves

Algebraic Geometry 2008-05-15 v3

Abstract

This is a survey of the classical geometry of the Hesse configuration of 12 lines in the projective plane related to inflection points of a plane cubic curve. We also study two K3 surfaces with Picard number 20 which arise naturally in connection with the configuration.

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@article{arxiv.math/0611590,
  title  = {The Hesse pencil of plane cubic curves},
  author = {Michela Artebani and Igor Dolgachev},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:math/0611590},
  year   = {2008}
}

Comments

22 pages, 1 figure; essential revision to section 7, to appear on L'Enseignement Math\'ematique