K3 surface
Definition
Let be a smooth projective algebraic surface over an algebraically closed field, with structure sheaf and canonical bundle . is a K3 surface if:
- , and
- the sheaf cohomology group is .
Remarks
Over , the same two conditions define K3 surfaces among all compact complex surfaces; such a surface need not be projective. A K3 surface has Hodge numbers and , second Betti number and topological Euler characteristic . Example: a smooth quartic has by adjunction, and from the exact sequence and the vanishing of and of line bundles on . Non-example: an abelian surface, such as for an elliptic curve , has trivial canonical bundle but , so it fails clause 2. Other examples are double covers of branched along a smooth sextic and the Kummer surfaces, obtained from abelian surfaces by dividing by and resolving the singular points.
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| Tag | H5AQZ3336P |
|---|---|
| URI | m2://H5AQZ3336P |
| Kind | definition |
| Writing | W0 stub |
| MSC | 14J28 |
| Defines | K3 surface |
| Uses | Algebraic surface, Canonical bundle, Sheaf cohomology |
| Changed | 2 November 2026 |
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