On Rational Multisections of Conic Bundles
Time: 2026-04-02
Published By: Meng Yu
Speaker(s): Lena Ji (University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign)
Time: 15:15-16:15 April 9, 2026
Venue: Room 77201, Jingchunyuan 78, BICMR
Abstract: The Enriques criterion for unirationality of conic bundles states that if X is a conic bundle over P^2, then X is unirational if and only if the conic bundle admits a rational multisection. Furthermore, if X is unirational but not rational, then such a rational multisection necessarily has even degree. In this talk, we report on joint work in progress with Jeffrey Diller and Eric Riedl studying when such a conic bundle X -> P^2 admits a degree 2 rational multisection.
