(Stable) rationality is not deformation invariant
Abstract
We prove the existence of a family X→ B of smooth projective fourfolds, such that the very general fiber Xt is not stably rational (a fortiori not rational), but some special fibers Xt are rational (a fortiori stably rational).
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