Elliptic K3 Surfaces with Abelian and Dihedral Groups of Symplectic Automorphisms

We analyze K3 surfaces admitting an elliptic fibration ? and a finite group G of symplectic automorphisms preserving this elliptic fibration. We construct the quotient elliptic fibration ?/G comparing its properties to the ones of ?.

We show that if ? admits an n-torsion section, its quotient by the group of automorphisms induced by this section admits again an n-torsion section, and we describe the coarse moduli space of K3 surfaces with a given finite group contained in the Mordell–Weil group.

Considering automorphisms coming from the base of the fibration, we find the Mordell–Weil lattice of a fibration described by Kloosterman, and we find K3 surfaces with dihedral groups as group of symplectic automorphisms. We prove the isometries between lattices described by the author and Sarti and lattices described by Shioda and by Greiss and Lam.     

Elliptic Fibrations and Symplectic Automorphisms on K3 Surfaces

Nikulin has classified all finite abelian groups acting symplectically on a K3 surface and he has shown that the induced action on the K3 lattice U ³ ⊕ E ₈(?1)² depends only on the group but not on the K3 surface. For all the groups in the list of Nikulin we compute the invariant sublattice and its orthogonal complement by using some special elliptic K3 surfaces.     

Finite Abelian Groups of K3 Surfaces with Smooth Quotient

The quotient space of a K3 surface by a finite group is an Enriques surface or a rational surface if it is smooth. Finite groups where the quotient space are Enriques surfaces are known. In this paper, by analyzing effective divisors on smooth rational surfaces, the author will study finite groups which act faithfully on K3 surfaces such that the quotient space are smooth. In particular, he will completely determine effective divisors on Hirzebruch surfaces such that there is a finite Abelian co...     

Nodal Curves with General Moduli on K3 Surfaces

We investigate the modular properties of nodal curves on a low genus K3 surface. We prove that a general genus g curve C is the normalization of a δ-nodal curve X sitting on a primitively polarized K3 surface S of degree 2p ? 2, for 2 ≤ g = p ? δ < p ≤ 11. The proof is based on a local deformation-theoretic analysis of the map from the stack of pairs (S, X) to the moduli stack of curves ? _g that associates to X the isomorphism class [C] of its normalization.     

Singular rational curves on elliptic K3 surfaces

We show that on every elliptic K3 surface there are rational curves ${(R_i)}_{i\in \mathbb{N}}$ such that $R_i^2\to \infty$, that is, of unbounded arithmetic genus. Moreover, we show that the union of the lifts of these curves to $\mathbb{P}({\mathrm{\Omega }}_X)$ is dense in the Zariski topology. As an application, we give a simple proof of a theorem of Kobayashi in the elliptic case, that is, there are no globally defined symmetric differential forms.     

On K3 surfaces with large complex structure

We discuss a notion of large complex structure for elliptic K3 surfaces with section inspired by the eight-dimensional F-theory/heterotic duality in string theory. This concept is naturally associated with the Type II Mumford partial compactification of the moduli space of periods for these structures. The paper provides an explicit Hodge-theoretic condition for the complex structure of an elliptic K3 surface with section to be large. We also establish certain geometric consequences of this large complex structure condition in terms of the Kodaira types of the singular fibers of the elliptic fibration.     

A finite group acting on the moduli space of K3 surfaces

We consider the natural action of a finite group on the moduli space of polarized K3 surfaces which induces a duality defined by Mukai for surfaces of this type. We show that the group permutes polarized Fourier-Mukai partners of polarized K3 surfaces and we study the divisors in the fixed loci of the elements of this finite group.

     

Zariski Pairs of Index 19 and Mordell-Weil Groups of K3 Surfaces

We find Zariski pairs of sextics with simple singularities havingmaximal total Milnornumber. We also relate them to the existenceof distinct Mordell–Weil groups of extremal elliptic K3surfaces with a fixed set of semistable singular fibres. 1991Mathematics Subject Classification: 14F45, 14F27, 14F28.     

The Alternating Group of Degree 6 in the Geometry of the Leech Lattice and K3 Surfaces

The alternating group of degree 6 is located at the junctionof three series of simple non-commutative groups: simple sporadicgroups, alternating groups and simple groups of Lie type. Itplays a very special role in the theory of finite groups. Weshall study its new roles both in a finite geometry of a certainpentagon in the Leech lattice and also in the complex algebraicgeometry of K3 surfaces. 2000 Mathematics Subject Classification14J28, 11H06, 20D06, 20D08.     

Order 9 automorphisms of K3 surfaces

Abstract

In this paper, we provide a complete classification of non-symplectic automorphisms of order 9 of complex K3 surfaces.     

Automorphisms of Jacobian Kummer surfaces

We study automorphisms of a generic Jacobian Kummer surface. First weanalyse the action of classically known automorphisms on the Picard lattice of the surface, then proceed to construct new automorphisms not generated by classical ones. We find 192 such automorphisms, all conjugateby the symmetry group of the (16,6)-configuration.     

Which singular K3 surfaces cover an Enriques surface

We determine the necessary and sufficient conditions on the entries of the intersection matrix of the transcendental lattice of a singular K3 surface for the surface to doubly cover an Enriques surface.

     

Canonical vector heights on K3 surfaces with Picard number three-- An argument for nonexistence

In this paper, we investigate a K3 surface with Picard number three and present evidence that strongly suggests a canonical vector height cannot exist on this surface.

     

Orbits of Curves on Certain K3 Surfaces

In this paper, we study the family of algebraic K3 surfaces generated by the smooth intersection of a (1, 1) form and a (2, 2) form in defined over and with Picard number 3. We describe the group of automorphisms on V. For an ample divisor D and an arbitrary curve C ₀ on V, we investigate the asymptotic behavior of the quantity . We show that the limit

Transcendental lattices of some K 3‐surfaces

In a previous paper, [12], we described six families of K 3‐surfaces (over ?) with Picard‐number 19, and we identified surfaces with Picard‐number 20. In these notes we classify some of the surfaces by computing their transcendental lattices. Moreover, we show that the surfaces with Picard‐number 19 are birational to a Kummer surface which is the quotient of a non‐product type abelian surface by an involution. (© 2008 WILEY‐VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim)     

Moduli of Polarised Abelian Surfaces

The moduli variety parametrising abelian surfaces over ? with a polarisation of type (1, p) may be compactified by toroidal methods. We show that if p is a prime and p ≥ 173 then the compactified moduli variety is of general type.     

Symplectic Automorphisms and the Picard Group of a K3 Surface

We consider the symplectic action of a finite group G on a K3 surface X. The Picard group of X has a primitive sublattice determined by G. We show how to compute the rank and discriminant of this sublattice. We then investigate the classification of symplectic actions by a fixed finite group, using moduli spaces of K3 surfaces with symplectic G-action.     

K3 surfaces with Picard number three and canonical vector heights

In this paper we construct the first known explicit family of K3 surfaces defined over the rationals that are proved to have geometric Picard number . This family is dense in one of the components of the moduli space of all polarized K3 surfaces with Picard number at least . We also use an example from this family to fill a gap in an earlier paper by the first author. In that paper, an argument for the nonexistence of canonical vector heights on K3 surfaces of Picard number was given, based on an explicit surface that was not proved to have Picard number . We redo the computations for one of our surfaces and come to the same conclusion.