Sections hyperplanes des surfaces K3 (Q1114783)

\textit{J. M. Wahl} [Duke Math. J. 55, 843-871 (1987; Zbl 0644.14001)] proved that if C is a smooth hyperplane section of a K3 surface then the natural map \(\phi_ K:\quad \bigwedge^ 2H^ 0(C,\quad \omega_ C)\to H^ 0\quad (C,\omega_ C^{\otimes^ 3}),\) given essentially by \(s\wedge t\mapsto sdt-tds,\) is not surjective. The authors prove that if C is a hyperplane section of a K3 surface S then the surjectivity of \(\phi_ K\) implies that the exact sequence \[ 0\quad \to \quad T_ C\quad \to \quad T_{S| C}\quad \to \quad N_{C/S}\quad \to \quad 0 \] splits, which in turn implies the existence of an involution of S with fixed locus equal to C. The result of Wahl is then easily deduced.