Irrational Complete Intersections

arXiv1909.05723MaRDI QIDQ6325177FDOQ6325177

Authors: Lucas Braune 

Publication date: 12 September 2019

Abstract: We prove that a complete intersection of $c$ very general hypersurfaces of degree at least two in $N$-dimensional complex projective space is not ruled (and therefore not rational) provided that the sum of the degrees of the hypersurfaces is at least $frac23N+c+1$. To this end we consider a degeneration to positive characteristic, following Koll'ar. Our argument does not require a resolution of the singularities of the special fiber of the degeneration. It relies on a generalization of Koll'ar's "algebraic Morse lemma" that controls the dimensions of the second-order Thom-Boardman singularities of general sections of Frobenius pullbacks of vector bundles.

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Rationality questions in algebraic geometry (14E08) Complete intersections (14M10) Singularities of differentiable mappings in differential topology (57R45)

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