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Kuan-Wen Lai

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arXiv2026

Categorical Nielsen realization problems for generic K3 surfaces

For a complex projective K3 surface of Picard number one, we prove that every nontrivial finite subgroup of autoequivalences has order two and compute the number of conjugacy classes of such subgroups. We obtain similar formulas for the subgroups which are finite up to shifts, and deduce that such a K3 surface has an associated cubic fourfold if and only if it has an autoequivalence of order three modulo shifts. These results are proved by showing that every such subgroup fixes a Bridgeland stability condition up to the $\mathbb{C}$-action. We also establish similar existence results for curves, twisted abelian surfaces, generic twisted K3 surfaces, and standard autoequivalences of surfaces.

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arXiv2026

A geometric approach to the density of rank-metric codes

We study the asymptotic density of $\mathbb{F}_q$-point-free linear sections of geometrically irreducible projective varieties over finite fields. We then apply these results to rank-metric codes via determinantal varieties. Our approach recovers the known cases in which the density tends to $0$ or $1$ and determines the limit in the cases where it was previously unknown. To compute these previously unknown limits, we extend the notion of quasireflexivity to higher-dimensional varieties and show that determinantal varieties satisfy this property. This allows us to invoke the Chebotarev density theorem for varieties over finite fields to obtain the desired estimate.

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arXiv2026

Mirror symmetry for lattice-polarized abelian surfaces

Inspired by the Dolgachev-Nikulin-Pinkham mirror symmetry for lattice-polarized K3 surfaces, we study its analogue for abelian surfaces. In this paper, we introduce lattice-polarized abelian surfaces and construct their coarse moduli spaces. We then construct stringy Kähler moduli spaces for abelian surfaces and show that these two spaces are naturally identified for mirror pairs. We also introduce a natural involution on stringy Kähler moduli spaces which, under mirror symmetry, pairs abelian surfaces and their duals. Finally, we determine conditions for the existence of mirror partners and classify self-mirror abelian surfaces via their Néron-Severi lattices.

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arXiv2025

On the irrationality of moduli spaces of projective hyperkähler manifolds

The aim of this paper is to estimate the irrationality of moduli spaces of hyperkähler manifolds of types K3$^{[n]}$, Kum$_{n}$, OG6, and OG10. We prove that the degrees of irrationality of these moduli spaces are bounded from above by a universal polynomial in the dimension and degree of the manifolds they parametrize. We also give a polynomial bound for the degrees of irrationality of moduli spaces of $(1,d)$-polarized abelian surfaces.

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arXiv2024

Frobenius nonclassical hypersurfaces

A smooth hypersurface over a finite field $\mathbb{F}_q$ is called Frobenius nonclassical if the image of every geometric point under the $q$-th Frobenius endomorphism remains in the unique hyperplane tangent to the point. In this paper, we establish sharp lower and upper bounds for the degrees of such hypersurfaces, give characterizations for those achieving the maximal degrees, and prove in the surface case that they are Hermitian when their degrees attain the minimum. We also prove that the set of $\mathbb{F}_q$-rational points on a Frobenius nonclassical hypersurface form a blocking set with respect to lines, which indicates the existence of many $\mathbb{F}_q$-points.

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arXiv2024

Transverse linear subspaces to hypersurfaces over finite fields

Ballico proved that a smooth projective variety $X$ of degree $d$ over a finite field of $q$ elements admits a smooth hyperplane section if $q\geq d(d-1)^{\dim X}$. In this paper, we refine this criterion for higher codimensional linear sections on smooth hypersurfaces and for hyperplane sections on Frobenius classical hypersurfaces. We also prove a similar result for the existence of reduced hyperplane sections on reduced hypersurfaces.

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arXiv2023

New rational cubic fourfolds arising from Cremona transformations

Are Fourier-Mukai equivalent cubic fourfolds birationally equivalent? We obtain an affirmative answer to this question for very general cubic fourfolds of discriminant 20, where we produce birational maps via the Cremona transformation defined by the Veronese surface. By studying how these maps act on the cubics known to be rational, we surprisingly found new rational examples.

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arXiv2022

On the irrationality of moduli spaces of K3 surfaces

We study how the degrees of irrationality of moduli spaces of polarized K3 surfaces grow with respect to the genus $g$. We prove that the growth is bounded by a polynomial function of degree $14+\varepsilon$ for any $\varepsilon>0$ and, for three sets of infinitely many genera, the bounds can be refined to polynomials of degree $10$. The main ingredients in our proof are the modularity of the generating series of Heegner divisors due to Borcherds and its generalization to higher codimensions due to Kudla, Millson, Zhang, Bruinier, and Westerholt-Raum. For special genera, the proof is also built upon the existence of K3 surfaces associated Hodge theoretically with certain cubic fourfolds, Gushel-Mukai fourfolds, and hyperkähler fourfolds.

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arXiv2022

Decomposition of Lagrangian classes on K3 surfaces

We study the decomposability of a Lagrangian homology class on a K3 surface into a sum of classes represented by special Lagrangian submanifolds, and develop criteria for it in terms of lattice theory. As a result, we prove the decomposability on an arbitrary K3 surface with respect to the Kähler classes in dense subsets of the Kähler cone. Using the same technique, we show that the Kähler classes on a K3 surface which admit a special Lagrangian fibration form a dense subset also. This implies that there are infinitely many special Lagrangian 3-tori in any log Calabi-Yau 3-fold.

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arXiv2022

Bijective Cremona transformations of the plane

We study the birational self-maps of the projective plane over finite fields that induce permutations on the set of rational points. As a main result, we prove that no odd permutation arises over a non-prime finite field of characteristic two, which completes the investigation initiated by Cantat about which permutations can be realized this way. Main ingredients in our proof include the invariance of parity under groupoid conjugations by birational maps, and a list of generators for the group of such maps.

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arXiv2021

Uniform potential density for rational points on algebraic groups and elliptic K3 surfaces

A collection of varieties satisfies uniform potential density if each of them contains a dense subset of rational points after extending its ground field by a bounded degree. In this paper, we prove that uniform potential density holds for connected algebraic groups of a fixed dimension over fields of characteristic zero as well as elliptic K3 surfaces over number fields.

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arXiv2021

Transverse lines to surfaces over finite fields

We prove that if $S$ is a smooth reflexive surface in $\mathbb{P}^3$ defined over a finite field $\mathbb{F}_q$, then there exists an $\mathbb{F}_q$-line meeting $S$ transversely provided that $q\geq c\operatorname{deg}(S)$, where $c=\frac{3+\sqrt{17}}{4}\approx 1.7808$. Without the reflexivity hypothesis, we prove the existence of a transverse $\mathbb{F}_q$-line for $q\geq \operatorname{deg}(S)^2$.

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arXiv2018

Cremona transformations and derived equivalences of K3 surfaces

We exhibit a Cremona transformation of ${\bf P}^4$ such that the base loci of the map and its inverse are birational to K3 surfaces. The two K3 surfaces are derived equivalent but not isomorphic to each other. As an application, we show that the difference of the two K3 surfaces annihilates the class of the affine line in the Grothendieck ring of varieties.

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arXiv2017

New cubic fourfolds with odd degree unirational parametrizations

We prove that the moduli space of cubic fourfolds $\mathcal{C}$ contains a divisor $\mathcal{C}_{42}$ whose general member has a unirational parametrization of degree 13. This result follows from a thorough study of the Hilbert scheme of rational scrolls and an explicit construction of examples. We also show that $\mathcal{C}_{42}$ is uniruled.

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