The defect of a cubic threefold and applications to intermediate Jacobian fibrations

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Hauptverfasser: Marquand, Lisa, Viktorova, Sasha
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author Marquand, Lisa
Viktorova, Sasha
author_facet Marquand, Lisa
Viktorova, Sasha
contents The defect of a cubic threefold $X$ with isolated singularities is a global invariant that measures the failure of $\mathbb{Q}$-factoriality. We compute the defect for such cubics in terms of topological data about the curve of lines through a singular point. We express the mixed Hodge structure on the middle cohomology of $X$ in terms of both the defect and local invariants of the singularities. We then relate the defect to various geometric properties of $X$: in particular, we show that a cubic threefold is not $\mathbb{Q}$-factorial if and only if it contains either a plane or a cubic scroll. We relate the defect to existence of compactified intermediate Jacobian fibrations with irreducible fibers associated to a cubic fourfold.
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spellingShingle The defect of a cubic threefold and applications to intermediate Jacobian fibrations
Marquand, Lisa
Viktorova, Sasha
Algebraic Geometry
14J17, 14J30, 14J45
The defect of a cubic threefold $X$ with isolated singularities is a global invariant that measures the failure of $\mathbb{Q}$-factoriality. We compute the defect for such cubics in terms of topological data about the curve of lines through a singular point. We express the mixed Hodge structure on the middle cohomology of $X$ in terms of both the defect and local invariants of the singularities. We then relate the defect to various geometric properties of $X$: in particular, we show that a cubic threefold is not $\mathbb{Q}$-factorial if and only if it contains either a plane or a cubic scroll. We relate the defect to existence of compactified intermediate Jacobian fibrations with irreducible fibers associated to a cubic fourfold.
title The defect of a cubic threefold and applications to intermediate Jacobian fibrations
topic Algebraic Geometry
14J17, 14J30, 14J45
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2312.05118