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Cubic fourfolds containing highly singular hyperplane sections

Algebraic Geometry 2026-01-29 v1

Abstract

We construct five irreducible divisors in the moduli space of complex cubic fourfolds parametrising smooth cubic fourfolds that contain highly singular hyperplane sections. We prove that each is not a Noether-Lefschetz (or Hassett) divisor, utilising the computational method developed by Addington-Auel.

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@article{arxiv.2601.20778,
  title  = {Cubic fourfolds containing highly singular hyperplane sections},
  author = {Lisa Marquand and Sasha Viktorova},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2601.20778},
  year   = {2026}
}

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