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Reference request: Generic k3 surface has Picard number 1

I keep running into the statement that "the generic k3 surface has Picard rank 1". For instance the answer of this question (end) and this paper (following Example 1.1) or this paper (proof ...
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Very general quartic hypersurface in $\mathbb{P}^3$ has Picard group $\mathbb{Z}$

I am looking for a reference from which I can cite the following statement: The Picard group of a very general quartic hypersurface $X\subset\mathbb{P}^3$ is generated by the class of a hyperplane ...
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adjacency matrix of a graph and lines on quartic surfaces

Suppose you are given a smooth quartic surface $X$ in $\mathbb P^3$. I would like to find an upper bound for the number of lines on $X$ in the case that there is no plane intersecting the curves in ...
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Picard/cohomology lattice of surfaces of low degree in $\mathbb P^3$

Let $S_{d>3}\subset\mathbb{P}^3_{\mathbb{C}}$ be a smooth surface of degree $d$. What is known (where to read?) about the Picard/cohomology lattice for small d? e.g. for $d=4$ the cohomology ...