# A SIMPLE PROOF OF THE NON-RATIONALITY OF A GENERAL QUARTIC DOUBLE SOLID

• Accepted : 2017.02.02
• Published : 2017.09.30

#### Abstract

The aim of this short note is to give a simple proof of the non-rationality of the double cover of the three-dimensional projective space branched over a sufficiently general quartic.

#### Acknowledgement

Supported by : RSF

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