The conjecture that very general degree-n hypersurfaces are not covered by rational surfaces

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Let XX be a very general hypersurface of degree nn in Pn{\bf P}^n, with n≥5n\geq 5. A hypersurface XX is covered by rational surfaces if a family of rational surfaces in XX has union equal to XX. Non-coverage conjecture. The hypersurface XX is not covered by rational surfaces. This conjecture concerns the existence of rational surfaces in Fano hypersurfaces. The source states it as an open question for degree nn hypersurfaces with n≥5n\geq 5.

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Roya Beheshti and Eric Riedl, “Positivity Results for spaces of rational curves”, arXiv:1801.05834 (2020).

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