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Elliptic K3 surface from a quartic containing a line

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A smooth quartic surface X⊆P3 containing a line L is a K3 surface. The pencil of planes through L cuts out L plus a residual plane cubic; the divisor class H−L has square zero and its basepoint-free pencil defines an elliptic fibration X→P1.

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  • Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge / 2021 / iii / Paper 159 / 2 / Solution

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