Artin–Shioda conjecture on unirationality of supersingular K3 surfaces

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Let kk be an algebraically closed field, and let XX be a K3K3 surface over kk. The surface XX is supersingular if its Picard number is 2222, equivalently its Picard number equals its second Betti number. A surface SS is unirational if there exists a dominant rational map

P2⇢S.\mathbb{P}^2\dashrightarrow S.

Artin–Shioda conjecture. Every supersingular K3K3 surface is unirational.

Shioda proved that every smooth projective unirational surface is supersingular, and Artin and Shioda conjectured the converse for K3K3 surfaces. The supplied paper proves the conjecture for supersingular K3K3 surfaces in characteristic 55 with Artin invariant at most 33; the general case is not resolved in the supplied context.

References

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Duc Tai Pho and Ichiro Shimada, “Unirationality of certain supersingular K3 surfaces in characteristic 5”, arXiv:math/0611452 (2006).

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