A simple proof of the non-rationality of a general quartic double solid

Abstract

The aim of this short note is to give a simple proof of the non-rationality of the double cover of the three-dimensional projective space branched over a sufficiently general quartic.

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• Unirational threefolds with no universal codimension 2 cycle

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