Motivic rationality conjecture for general special cubic fourfolds

Let Cd\mathcal{C}_d be the special cubic-fourfold divisor whose discriminant dd satisfies

d is not divisible by 4,9 or a prime p2(mod3).d\text{ is not divisible by }4,9\text{ or a prime }p\equiv 2\pmod{3}.

For a general cubic fourfold XCdX\in\mathcal{C}_d, say that its motive is associated to the motive of a K3 surface SS if there is an isomorphism

t2(S)(1)t(X),t_2(S)(1)\simeq t(X),

inducing a Hodge isometry between T(S)Q(1)T(S)_{\mathbf{Q}}(1) and T(X)QT(X)_{\mathbf{Q}}. Motivic rationality conjecture. The cubic fourfold XX is rational if and only if its motive is associated to the motive of a K3 surface. This is proposed as a motivic reformulation relating rationality to the transcendental motive; the source gives no resolution.

Sources & referencesView supporting material

Primary source

Michele Bolognesi and Claudio Pedrini, “The transcendental motive of a cubic fourfold”, arXiv:1710.05753 (2019).

Progress summary

Never refreshed

Nothing recorded yet. Refresh searches the literature and the public web for attempts on this problem, and writes the first summary here.

Solutions 0

No solutions have been posted yet.