Irrational cubic fourfolds with Hodge-theoretic and categorical K3 associations

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For every sufficiently large admissible Hassett discriminant, a very general smooth complex cubic fourfold is irrational despite having both an untwisted geometric K3 category and an integral Hodge-theoretic K3 association. This disproves Kuznetsov's rationality conjecture and the sufficiency of the associated-K3 criterion for rationality; the discriminant threshold is ineffective.

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