Sextic Double Solids

DOI10.1007/978-0-8176-4934-0_4MaRDI QIDQ3161478zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Publication date 14 October 2010

Published in Progress in Mathematics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/math/0404452

\(\mathbb Q\)-factoriality double solids elliptic fibration structures irrationality problems potential density

Rational and birational maps (14E05) Rationality questions in algebraic geometry (14E08) Rational points (14G05) Positive characteristic ground fields in algebraic geometry (14G17)

Abstract: We prove non-rationality and birational super-rigidity of a Q-factorial double cover X of P^3 ramified along a sextic surface with at most simple double points. We also show that the condition #|Sing(X)| < 15 implies Q-factoriality of X. In particular, every double cover of P^3 with at most 14 simple double points is non-rational and not birationally isomorphic to a conic bundle. All the birational transformations of X into elliptic fibrations and into Fano 3-folds with canonical singularities are classified. We consider some relevant problems over fields of finite characteristic. When X is defined over a number field F we prove that the set of rational points on the 3-fold X is potentially dense if Sing(X) is not empty.

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