{"title":"Intermediate Jacobians and rationality over arbitrary fields","authors":"Olivier Benoist, Olivier Wittenberg","doi":"10.24033/asens.2549","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"We prove that a three-dimensional smooth complete intersection of two quadrics over a field k is k-rational if and only if it contains a line defined over k. To do so, we develop a theory of intermediate Jacobians for geometrically rational threefolds over arbitrary, not necessarily perfect, fields. As a consequence, we obtain the first examples of smooth projective varieties over a field k which have a k-point, and are rational over a purely inseparable field extension of k, but not over k.","PeriodicalId":50971,"journal":{"name":"Annales Scientifiques De L Ecole Normale Superieure","volume":"202 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":1.3000,"publicationDate":"2023-10-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"2","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Annales Scientifiques De L Ecole Normale Superieure","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.24033/asens.2549","RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"数学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q1","JCRName":"MATHEMATICS","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
We prove that a three-dimensional smooth complete intersection of two quadrics over a field k is k-rational if and only if it contains a line defined over k. To do so, we develop a theory of intermediate Jacobians for geometrically rational threefolds over arbitrary, not necessarily perfect, fields. As a consequence, we obtain the first examples of smooth projective varieties over a field k which have a k-point, and are rational over a purely inseparable field extension of k, but not over k.
期刊介绍：
The Annales scientifiques de l''École normale supérieure were founded in 1864 by Louis Pasteur. The journal dealt with subjects touching on Physics, Chemistry and Natural Sciences. Around the turn of the century, it was decided that the journal should be devoted to Mathematics.
Today, the Annales are open to all fields of mathematics. The Editorial Board, with the help of referees, selects articles which are mathematically very substantial. The Journal insists on maintaining a tradition of clarity and rigour in the exposition.
The Annales scientifiques de l''École normale supérieures have been published by Gauthier-Villars unto 1997, then by Elsevier from 1999 to 2007. Since January 2008, they are published by the Société Mathématique de France.
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