In
algebraic geometry, the Barth–Nieto quintic is a
quintic
In algebra, a quintic function is a function of the form
:g(x)=ax^5+bx^4+cx^3+dx^2+ex+f,\,
where , , , , and are members of a field, typically the rational numbers, the real numbers or the complex numbers, and is nonzero. In other words, a ...
3-fold in 4 (or sometimes 5) dimensional
projective space studied by that is the
Hessian of the
Segre cubic In algebraic geometry, the Segre cubic is a cubic threefold embedded in 4 (or sometimes 5) dimensional projective space, studied by .
Definition
The Segre cubic is the set of points (''x''0:''x''1:''x''2:''x''3:''x''4:''x''5) of ''P''5 satisfyin ...
.
Definition
The Barth–Nieto quintic is the closure of the set of points (''x''
0:''x''
1:''x''
2:''x''
3:''x''
4:''x''
5) of P
5 satisfying the equations
:
:
Properties
The Barth–Nieto quintic is not
rational
Rationality is the quality of being guided by or based on reasons. In this regard, a person acts rationally if they have a good reason for what they do or a belief is rational if it is based on strong evidence. This quality can apply to an abi ...
, but has a smooth model that is a modular
Calabi–Yau manifold
In algebraic geometry, a Calabi–Yau manifold, also known as a Calabi–Yau space, is a particular type of manifold which has properties, such as Ricci flatness, yielding applications in theoretical physics. Particularly in superstri ...
with
Kodaira dimension In algebraic geometry, the Kodaira dimension ''κ''(''X'') measures the size of the canonical model of a projective variety ''X''.
Igor Shafarevich, in a seminar introduced an important numerical invariant of surfaces with the notation ''κ''. ...
zero. Furthermore, it is
birationally equivalent
In mathematics, birational geometry is a field of algebraic geometry in which the goal is to determine when two algebraic varieties are isomorphic outside lower-dimensional subsets. This amounts to studying mappings that are given by rational fu ...
to a compactification of the
Siegel modular variety
In mathematics, a Siegel modular variety or Siegel moduli space is an algebraic variety that parametrizes certain types of abelian varieties of a fixed dimension. More precisely, Siegel modular varieties are the moduli spaces of principally pola ...
''A
1,3(2)''.
References
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3-folds
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