11-15 October 2021
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Europe/Moscow timezone

800 conics on a smooth quartic surface. Alex Degtyarev

13 Oct 2021, 18:10
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I will discuss the recent progress concerning the problem on the maximal number of smooth rational curves of a fixed degree (most notably, conics) on polarized K3-surfaces. The most intriguing open question concerns conics on quartics. I will explain several constructions of the current champion, one with 800 conics, and try to substantiate the conjecture that 800 is indeed the maximum.

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