# Self-dual surfaces in $\mathbb P^3$ with isolated singularities

I am aware of the following examples of normal surfaces in $\mathbb P^3$ that are projectively isomorphic to their dual varieties:

2. Kummer surfaces;

3. The surface with the equation $x_0^3=x_1x_2x_3$ (in homogeneous coordinates).

What else is known? The base field is algebraically closed of characteristic zero.

In his paper [Some invariants for conics and their applications, Publ. RIMS (Kyoto Univ.) 19 (1983), 1139-1151] Naruki gives an example of a self-dual quartic surface in $\mathbb{P}^3$ with three singular points of type $A_3$ and seven points of type $A_1$ (i.e., ordinary double points).
• As $3\cdot 3 + 7 = 16$ one could imagine this surface is a degeneration of Kummer surfaces. Is it really the case? – Sasha Nov 16 '13 at 7:36
• Nice observation. Naruki's quartic is obtained by taking the double cover of $\mathbb{P}^2$ branched over a configuration of three irreducible conics in special position. On the other hand, Kummer's branch locus is given by six distinct lines, all tangent to the same conic. It does not seem to me that this can degenerate to Naruki's branch, but perhaps there is some degeneration between the two surfaces not coming from the double cover construction. Maybe, in order to have more insight, one should compute some topological invariant of Naruki's quartic (for instance, the fundamental group). – Francesco Polizzi Nov 16 '13 at 7:50
• Well, regarding my precedent comment, since all the singularities of Naruki's quartic $S$ are Rational Double Points, by the simultaneous resolution of RDP it follows that the desingularization of $S$ is diffeomorphic to a smooth quartic, i.e. a $K3$ surface. So I think that $S$ itself is simply connected. – Francesco Polizzi Nov 16 '13 at 9:32