The difference-of-roots conjecture for the Enriques lattice

Let Λ=UE8(1)\Lambda=U\oplus \mathbb{E}_8(-1) be the even unimodular lattice of signature (1,9)(1,9), identified with the cohomology lattice of an Enriques surface up to torsion. Difference-of-roots conjecture. Every element HΛH\in\Lambda can be written as

H=D1D2,H=D_1-D_2,

where D1,D2ΛD_1,D_2\in\Lambda satisfy

D12=D22=2.D_1^2=D_2^2=-2.

This purely lattice-theoretic assertion would imply the existence of the required numerical classes for Ulrich line bundles on unnodal Enriques surfaces, but the source states that it is not presently proved.

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Lev Borisov and Howard Nuer, “Ulrich Bundles on Enriques Surfaces”, arXiv:1606.01459 (2016).

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