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Unirationality of certain supersingular K3 surfaces in characteristic 5

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We show that every supersingular K3 surface in characteristic 5 with Artin invariant ≤ 3 is unirational.

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  1. Department of Mathematics, Vietnam National University, 334 Nguyen Trai Street, Hanoi, Vietnam

    Duc Tai Pho

  2. Department of Mathematics, Faculty of Science, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, 060-0810, Japan

    Ichiro Shimada

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Pho, D.T., Shimada, I. Unirationality of certain supersingular K3 surfaces in characteristic 5. manuscripta math. 121, 425–435 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00229-006-0045-3

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