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Hauptverfasser: Benoist, Olivier, Wittenberg, Olivier
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Veröffentlicht: 2019
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Online-Zugang:https://arxiv.org/abs/1909.12668
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author Benoist, Olivier
Wittenberg, Olivier
author_facet Benoist, Olivier
Wittenberg, Olivier
contents We prove that a three-dimensional smooth complete intersection of two quadrics over a field k is k-rational if and only if it contains a line defined over k. To do so, we develop a theory of intermediate Jacobians for geometrically rational threefolds over arbitrary, not necessarily perfect, fields. As a consequence, we obtain the first examples of smooth projective varieties over a field k which have a k-point, and are rational over a purely inseparable field extension of k, but not over k.
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spellingShingle Intermediate Jacobians and rationality over arbitrary fields
Benoist, Olivier
Wittenberg, Olivier
Algebraic Geometry
We prove that a three-dimensional smooth complete intersection of two quadrics over a field k is k-rational if and only if it contains a line defined over k. To do so, we develop a theory of intermediate Jacobians for geometrically rational threefolds over arbitrary, not necessarily perfect, fields. As a consequence, we obtain the first examples of smooth projective varieties over a field k which have a k-point, and are rational over a purely inseparable field extension of k, but not over k.
title Intermediate Jacobians and rationality over arbitrary fields
topic Algebraic Geometry
url https://arxiv.org/abs/1909.12668