Maximal number of skew lines on Fermat surfaces

It is well known that the Fermat surface of degree d\geq 3 has 3d^{2} lines. However, it has not yet been established what is the maximal number of pairwise disjoint lines that it can have if d\geq 4 . In this article, we show that the maximal number of skew lines on the Fermat surface of degree d\geq 4 is 3d , either d even or d odd distinct of 5, otherwise ( d=5 ) it contains no more than 13 pairwise disjoint lines.

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Portugaliae Mathematica
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2025-08-29
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https://doi.org/10.4171/pm/2150
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Algebraic Geometry and Number Theory
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Maximal number of skew lines on Fermat surfaces

Jacqueline Rojas, Sally Andria, Wállace Mangueira
Portugaliae Mathematica
Algebraic Geometry and Number Theory
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Maximal number of skew lines on Fermat surfaces

Jacqueline Rojas, Sally Andria, Wállace Mangueira
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Abstract

It is well known that the Fermat surface of degree d\geq 3 has 3d^{2} lines. However, it has not yet been established what is the maximal number of pairwise disjoint lines that it can have if d\geq 4 . In this article, we show that the maximal number of skew lines on the Fermat surface of degree d\geq 4 is 3d , either d even or d odd distinct of 5, otherwise ( d=5 ) it contains no more than 13 pairwise disjoint lines.

Portugaliae MathematicaVol. 83(1)
Universidade Federal Fluminense (BR), Universidade Federal da Paraíba (BR)
Openalex Percentile: Top 72%
Algebraic Geometry and Number Theory
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