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Picard group of a cubic hypersurface
Consider the following cubic hypersurface in $\mathbb{P}^5$:
$$
X = \{z_0z_3z_5-z_1^2z_5-z_0z_4^2+2z_1z_2z_4-z_2^2z_3 = 0\}\subset\mathbb{P}^5
$$
The singular locus of $X$ is the Veronese surface $V\...