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We give all the elliptic fibrations of the K3 surface associated to the modular group Γ1(8).
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We are grateful to Matthias Schütt for his suggestion to attack the problem and his many helpful comments. Our thanks go also to the organizers for the invitation to the workshop “Arithmetic and Geometry of K3 surfaces and Calabi–Yau threefolds” at the Fields Institute in August 2011. And special thanks to Noriko Yui for the stimulating atmosphere and the great hospitality.
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Bertin, M.J., Lecacheux, O. (2013). Elliptic Fibrations on the Modular Surface Associated to Γ 1(8). In: Laza, R., Schütt, M., Yui, N. (eds) Arithmetic and Geometry of K3 Surfaces and Calabi–Yau Threefolds. Fields Institute Communications, vol 67. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-6403-7_6
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