Rationality of complete intersections of two quadrics over nonclosed fields
Brendan Hassett
Brown University, Providence, USAYuri Tschinkel
New York University, USAJean-Louis Colliot-Thélène
Université Paris-Saclay, Orsay, France
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Abstract
We study rationality problems for smooth complete intersections of two quadrics.We focus on the three-dimensional case, with a view toward understanding the invariants governing the rationality of a geometrically rational threefold over a nonclosed field.
Cite this article
Brendan Hassett, Yuri Tschinkel, Jean-Louis Colliot-Thélène, Rationality of complete intersections of two quadrics over nonclosed fields. Enseign. Math. 67 (2021), no. 1/2, pp. 1–44
DOI 10.4171/LEM/1001