UBC Algebraic Geometry Seminar: Kuan-Wen Lai (Cancelled)

It is conjectured that two cubic fourfolds are birational if their associated K3 categories are equivalent. We prove this conjecture for very general cubic fourfolds containing a Veronese surface, where the birational maps are induced from a Cremona transformation. Using these birational maps, we find new rational cubic fourfolds. This is joint work with Yu-Wei Fan.