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Oguiso writes[1]

Theorem 1.1 Let $f: X \to \mathbf P^n$ be an abelian fibered HK [hyperkähler] manifold. Let $K = \mathbf C(\mathbf P^n)$ and let $A_k$ be the generic fiber of $f$. Then, $\rho(A_K)= 1$. Here $\rho(A_K)$ is the Picard number of $A_K$ over $K$.

It can happen that $\rho(X_t) \geq 2$ for all smooth closed fiber of $f$ ([...]). The statement is of arithmetical nature. Geometrically, it means that two horizontal divisors on $X$ are proportional in $NS(X)$ up to vertical divisors.

A divisor is called horizontal if it dominates $\mathbf P^n$, otherwise it is called vertical.

I'm struggling with the last sentence of Oguiso. Is that correct? Given two line bundles $L_1, L_2$ on $X$, the theorem tells us that they are proportional in $NS(A_K)$, so there exist $n,m \in \mathbb Z$ such that $$ n L_1|_{A_K} + m L_2|_{A_K} = 0 \in NS(A_K).$$ I guess that Oguiso then alludes to an exact sequence of the kind $$Z^0(X \setminus U) \to NS(X) \to NS(U) \to 0,$$ where $U = f^{-1}(V)$ is the preimage of an open set $V \subset \mathbf P^n$, and $Z^0(X\setminus U)$ is the free group generated by the irreducible components of $X \setminus U$.

But I don't see a reason why $nL_1 + mL_2$ should vanish in $NS(U)$, for appropriate $U$. As far as I know, a line bundle being trivial in the Neron-Severi group of all fibers does not mean that it is trivial in the total Neron-Severi group.

Did I miss anything here?


[1] Keiji Oguiso, Picard number of the generic fiber of an abelian fibered hyperkähler manifold, 2009, arXiv:0803.1205

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  • $\begingroup$ This is simply false, already for K3 surfaces with an elliptic fibration. The quotient of $NS(X)$ by the subgroup generated by the vertical components + the zero section is the Mordell-Weil group of the generic fiber, it can very well be nontrivial. $\endgroup$
    – abx
    Commented Aug 16, 2023 at 15:00
  • $\begingroup$ @abx Thanks for pushing me to reading up on the Mordell-Weil group. From skimming through Huybrecht's book, this seems to work. If you write it as an answer I will be happy to accept it. It is just hard to believe that Oguiso didn't catch this, taking into consideration that he goes on to prove a Shioda-Tate formula in that situation. 🤷 $\endgroup$ Commented Aug 16, 2023 at 16:03
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    $\begingroup$ I think the sentence by Oguiso that you quote is just a careless comment — the statement of the Theorem is correct. I will write my comment as an answer. $\endgroup$
    – abx
    Commented Aug 16, 2023 at 19:33

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This is simply false, already for K3 surfaces with an elliptic fibration. The quotient of $NS(X)$ by the subgroup generated by the vertical components + the zero section is the Mordell-Weil group of the generic fiber, it can very well be nontrivial. See for instance Elliptic surfaces by Schütt and Shioda, Adv.Stud. Pure Math. 60.

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