You are cordially invited to the ODTU-Bilkent Algebraic Geometry Seminar
Speaker: Alexander Degtyarev (Bilkent)
“Conics on polarized K3-surfaces”
Abstract: Generalizing Barth and Bauer, denote by N_2n(d) the maximal number of smooth degree d rational curves that can lie on a smooth 2n-polarized K3-surface X⊂Pn. Originally, the question was raised in conjunction with smooth spatial quartics, which are K3-surfaces.
The numbers N_2n(1) are well understood, whereas the only known value for d=2 is N_6(2)=285. I will discuss my recent discoveries that support the following conjecture on the conic counts in the remaining interesting degrees.
Conjecture. One has N_2(2)=8910, N_4(2)=800, and N_8(2)=176.
The approach used does not distinguish (till the very last moment) between reducible and irreducible conics. However, extensive experimental evidence suggests that all conics are irreducible whenever their number is large enough.
Conjecture. There exists a bound N∗_2n(2)
We know that 249≤N∗_6(2)≤260 is indeed well defined, and it seems feasible that N∗_2(2)≥8100 and N∗_4(2)≥720 are also defined; furthermore, conjecturally, the lower bounds above are the exact values.
Date: 26 November 2021, Friday
Time: 15:40 (GMT+3)
Place: Zoom
This is an online seminar. To request the event link, please send a message to sertoz@bilkent.edu.tr