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For sufficiently ample linear systems on rational surfaces we show that a very general associated Brauer–Severi surface bundle is not stably rational.
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We are grateful to Asher Auel for helpful comments. The first author is partially supported by the Swiss National Science Foundation. The second author is partially supported by NSF Grant 1601912.
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Kresch, A., Tschinkel, Y. Stable rationality of Brauer–Severi surface bundles. manuscripta math. 161, 1–14 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00229-018-1087-z
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