arXiv · 2512.19544
Picard rank and Ulrich line bundles on bidouble planes
Abstract
We determine the Picard number and the Ulrich complexity of general bidouble covers of the projective plane, providing the first systematic study of Ulrich bundles on non-cyclic abelian covers. For a bidouble plane branched along three smooth curves of degrees $n_1,n_2,n_3$, we show that $\rho(S)=1$ unless $(n_1,n_2,n_3)$ belongs to an explicit list, thereby extending Buium's classical results on double planes to the non-cyclic case. As an application, we determine the range of branch degrees for which Ulrich line bundles could exist. Our method combines the invariant-theoretic decomposition of $H^2(S,\mathbb{Q})$ under the Galois group with cohomological criteria for Ulrich bundles.
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Jerson Caro, Juan Cruz-Penagos, Sergio Troncoso. 2025-12-22. Picard rank and Ulrich line bundles on bidouble planes. https://arxiv.org/abs/2512.19544
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