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Mosc. Math. J., 2018 Volume 18, Number 3, Pages 557–597 (Mi mmj686)

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Quotients of del Pezzo surfaces of degree $2$

Andrey Trepalinab

a Institute for Information Transmission Problems, 19 Bolshoy Karetnyi side-str., Moscow 127994, Russia
b Laboratory of Algebraic Geometry, National Research University Higher School of Economics, 6 Usacheva str., Moscow 119048, Russia

Abstract: Let $\Bbbk$ be any field of characteristic zero, $X$ be a del Pezzo surface of degree $2$ and $G$ be a group acting on $X$. In this paper we study $\Bbbk$-rationality questions for the quotient surface $X / G$. If there are no smooth $\Bbbk$-points on $X / G$ then $X / G$ is obviously non-$\Bbbk$-rational. Assume that the set of smooth $\Bbbk$-points on the quotient is not empty. We find a list of groups such that the quotient surface can be non-$\Bbbk$-rational. For these groups we construct examples of both $\Bbbk$-rational and non-$\Bbbk$-rational quotients of both $\Bbbk$-rational and non-$\Bbbk$-rational del Pezzo surfaces of degree $2$ such that the $G$-invariant Picard number of $X$ is $1$. For all other groups we show that the quotient $X / G$ is always $\Bbbk$-rational.

Key words and phrases: Rationality problems, del Pezzo surfaces, Minimal model program, Cremona group.

MSC: 14E08, 14M20, 14E07

Language: English

DOI: 10.17323/1609-4514-2018-18-3-557-597



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