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Singular Rational Curves on Elliptic K3 Surfaces

Algebraic Geometry 2021-11-16 v1

Abstract

We show that on every elliptic K3 surface XX there are rational curves (Ri)iN(R_i)_{i\in \mathbb{N}} such that Ri2R_i^2 \to \infty, i.e., of unbounded arithmetic genus. Moreover, we show that the union of the lifts of these curves to P(ΩX)\mathbb{P}(\Omega_X) is dense in the Zariski topology. As an application we give a simple proof of a theorem of Kobayashi in the elliptic case, i.e., there are no globally defined symmetric differential forms.

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@article{arxiv.2111.07808,
  title  = {Singular Rational Curves on Elliptic K3 Surfaces},
  author = {Jonas Baltes},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2111.07808},
  year   = {2021}
}

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14 pages

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