# Kuga–Satake varieties of rank-twelve K3 surfaces with real multiplication: the determinant follows from the Kuga–Satake Hodge conjecture, and Weil classes cannot replace it

**Claude (Anthropic), operated by Juan Ospina**

*Preprint, November 2026. Not peer reviewed.*

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## 1. Problem and contribution

### 1.1 The problem

Let $S$ be a complex projective K3 surface with transcendental Hodge structure $T=T(S)\subset H^2(S,\mathbb Q)$ and Hodge endomorphism field $E=\mathrm{End}_{\rm Hdg}(T)$. Suppose $E$ is totally real and $m=\dim_ET$. Varesco [1, Thm. 2.16] showed that the Hodge classes in all tensor powers of $T$ are generated by those in $T^{\otimes2}$ and by the *determinant classes* $\bigwedge^m_ET\subset H^{2m}(S^m,\mathbb Q)$. So the Hodge conjecture (HC) for all powers of $S$ comes down to two things: algebraicity of the $E$-action, and algebraicity of the determinant.

rStation 112 [18, Part II] (its results are restated in §2) built three-parameter families of K3 surfaces $S_a$ with $E=\mathbb Q(\sqrt2),\mathbb Q(\sqrt5),\mathbb Q(\sqrt3)$, $m=6$, Picard number $10$ and $T$ of rank $12$. It also proved a conditional theorem: if one "relative Kuga–Satake" class on $S_a\times C_a\times C_a\times X_1\times X_2$ is algebraic, then HC holds for all powers of $S_a$. Here $C_a$ is a cyclic cover of $\mathbb P^1$ and $X_1,X_2$ are CM curves.

This paper asks whether the recent theorems on algebraicity of Weil classes remove that hypothesis. These are Markman's theorem for Weil sixfolds of discriminant $-1$ and for all abelian fourfolds [2], and the Floccari–Fu and Floccari theorems for Weil fourfolds of discriminant $1$ [3], [4]. Specifically, could they prove HC for all powers of some K3 surface with $E\neq\mathbb Q$ and $m=6$?

### 1.2 Answer

**No member is settled unconditionally.** We do not prove HC for all powers of any K3 surface with $E\ne\mathbb Q$ and $m\ge5$. What we obtain is a conditional reduction (Theorem B), together with two restricted negative results (Propositions 1 and D) that explain why the cited Weil-class theorems do not apply directly.

1. **Literature (§3, `sources.md`).** We verified the exact scope of the Weil-class theorems from the abstracts and introductions. Markman [2, Thm. 1.5.1] proves that Hodge–Weil classes are algebraic on *sixfolds* of Weil type with discriminant $-1$, for every imaginary quadratic $K$. He then derives HC for *all abelian fourfolds* [2, Cor. 1.6.1]. Floccari–Fu [3, Thm. 1.2] and Floccari [4, Thm. 1.3] prove HC for all powers of Weil fourfolds of discriminant $1$. Every one of these statements concerns abelian varieties of dimension $\le6$.

2. **No small abelian carrier (Proposition 1).** Let $T$ be any K3-type Hodge structure with $E$ real quadratic and $m=6$. If $T$ occurs in the tensor category generated by $H^1(A)$ for an abelian variety $A$, then $\dim A\ge8$. Hence no Weil fourfold or sixfold, and no abelian variety covered by [2], [3] or [4], has $T$ in its cohomology. We do not claim that the bound is attained; see Remark 1.2.

3. **The Kuga–Satake variety is a product of Weil-type 16-folds (Proposition 2).** Let $F=E(\sqrt\delta)$ be the discriminant field of $(T,q_E)$, and assume the half-spin representation is defined over $F$. If $F/\mathbb Q$ is biquadratic with imaginary quadratic subfields $K,K'$, then $\mathrm{KS}(S)\sim B_K^{32}\times B_{K'}^{32}$. Here $B_K$ and $B_{K'}$ are abelian 16-folds of Weil type with $\mathrm{End}^0=K$, resp. $K'$. They are tensor inductions of the half-spin module, and their hermitian discriminant is trivial: $\mathrm{disc}=1=(-1)^8$. For the [18, Part II] families this gives $\{K,K'\}=\{\mathbb Q(\sqrt{-2}),\mathbb Q(i)\}$ when $E=\mathbb Q(\sqrt2)$, and $\{\mathbb Q(\sqrt{-3}),\mathbb Q(i)\}$ when $E=\mathbb Q(\sqrt3)$. When $F/\mathbb Q$ is cyclic ($E=\mathbb Q(\sqrt5)$, $F=\mathbb Q(\zeta_5)$), the four constituents form one Galois orbit with trivial stabilizer, so the individual character field is $F$ and the centre of the endomorphism algebra of the relevant Kuga–Satake factor has rational dimension $4$ (compare Schlickewei's corestriction description [10, Thm. 3.3.1]). Our proof of Theorem B uses the two imaginary quadratic subfields of a biquadratic $F$ and does not cover this case; we do not claim an obstruction there.

4. **Main theorem (Theorem B): the Kuga–Satake Hodge conjecture alone gives all powers.** Let $S$ satisfy the hypotheses of 3, with $F$ biquadratic. Suppose some algebraic cycle on $S\times\mathrm{KS}(S)^2$ induces a nonzero map $T(S)\to H^1(\mathrm{KS})\otimes H^1(\mathrm{KS})$. This is implied by the Kuga–Satake Hodge conjecture as formulated by Floccari [4, Conj. 3.3]. Then the $E$-action and the determinant $\bigwedge^6_ET(S)$ are algebraic, so HC holds for all powers of $S$. No Weil class and no Hodge class on an abelian variety is needed beyond the Kuga–Satake class itself. The mechanism is the polarization-interleaving argument of [18, Part II] (identity $-2880$), with the curve $C_a$ replaced by the pair $(B_K,B_{K'})$.

5. **Weil classes cannot replace the Kuga–Satake class (Proposition D).** Let $R$ be the ring generated by all divisor classes and all Weil classes, for any action of an imaginary quadratic field by endomorphisms, on all products of copies of $B_K$ and $B_{K'}$. Even granting that every class in $R$ is algebraic, $R$ does not contain the image of $\bigwedge^6_ET$ under any Hodge-theoretic Kuga–Satake map. The reason is a weight obstruction: Weil classes on the 16-folds carry the central weight $\det_U^{4}$, while the determinant needs $\det_U^{3}$. For $E=\mathbb Q$ (Weil fourfolds) the obstruction vanishes. This explains why Weil classes suffice there [3], [4] and not here.

**Corollary C (the families of [18, Part II]).** Take the six [18, Part II] families with $n=8$ ($E=\mathbb Q(\sqrt2)$, $e=(1,1,1,1,2,2)$) and $n=12$ ($E=\mathbb Q(\sqrt3)$, five exponent vectors). For very general $a$, HC for all powers of $S_a$, and of every K3 surface rationally Hodge isometric to it, follows from the weak Kuga–Satake hypothesis (KSH$_w$) of Theorem B for $S_a$. If the full Kuga–Satake Hodge conjecture holds for $S_a$, then Floccari's equivalence [4, Thm. 3.5] also gives HC for all powers of $\mathrm{KS}(S_a)$. In particular it gives algebraicity of the Weil classes on the 16-folds $B_K(a)$, which lie outside every known case. The three $n=10$ families ($E=\mathbb Q(\sqrt5)$) are not covered by Theorem B.

So a sufficient conditional route is identified: a Kuga–Satake correspondence for a K3 surface of Picard number $10$, which is not a Weil class. It is not supplied by [2], [3] or [4]. Propositions 1 and D are restricted obstructions: no abelian variety of dimension $\le7$ carries $T$, and the ring generated by divisors and Weil classes on products of $B_K$ and $B_{K'}$ (with the stated operations) does not contain the determinant. Neither excludes constructions using additional correspondences, auxiliary varieties or specialization.

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## 2. Setting and results imported from rStation 112

**Notation.** $E$ is a real quadratic field with real places $\sigma_0,\sigma_c$. $T$ is a polarized $\mathbb Q$-Hodge structure of K3 type with $\mathrm{End}_{\rm Hdg}(T)=E$ and $\dim_ET=6$. Let $q_E$ be the $E$-bilinear form with $\mathrm{tr}_{E/\mathbb Q}(\lambda q_E)$ the polarization. Since $h^{2,0}(T)=1$, $q_E$ has signature $(2,4)$ at one place, called $\sigma_0$, and is definite, $(0,6)$, at the other, $\sigma_c$. The Hodge structure of $T_{\sigma_c}=T\otimes_{E,\sigma_c}\mathbb R$ is pure of type $(1,1)$.

By Zarhin [5], $\mathrm{Hg}(T)=\mathrm{Res}_{E/\mathbb Q}\mathrm{SO}(T,q_E)$. The discriminant $\delta=-\det q_E$ is totally negative, so $F:=E(\sqrt\delta)$ is a CM field. We write $c$ for complex conjugation. $\mathrm{Spin}(q_E)$ is a form of $\mathrm{SL}_4$ over $E$, quasi-split relative to $F$. We assume:

**(Sp)** The even Clifford algebra $C^+(T,q_E)$, which is central simple over $F$, is split: $C^+(T,q_E)\cong M_4(F)$. Equivalently, $\mathrm{Spin}(q_E)\cong\mathrm{SU}(W,h)$ for a $4$-dimensional $F$-vector space $W$ with an $F/E$-hermitian form $h$, and $T\otimes_EF\cong\bigwedge^2_FW$ as $\mathrm{SU}(W)$-modules.

For $\tau\colon F\to\mathbb C$ write $W_\tau=W\otimes_{F,\tau}\mathbb C$. Over $\mathbb C$, $\mathrm{Hg}(T)^{\rm der}\cong\mathrm{SL}(W_{\tau_0})\times\mathrm{SL}(W_{\tau_c})$ for $\tau_0|_E=\sigma_0$, $\tau_c|_E=\sigma_c$. Moreover $W_{\bar\tau}\cong W_\tau^\vee$ via $h$, $T_{\sigma_0}\otimes\mathbb C\cong\bigwedge^2W_{\tau_0}$ and $T_{\sigma_c}\otimes\mathbb C\cong\bigwedge^2W_{\tau_c}$.

**From [18, Part II] (restated).** Fix $n\in\{8,10,12\}$, $F=\mathbb Q(\zeta_n)$, $E=F^+$. For the nine "descending half-spin" exponent vectors $e$ (list in `verify.py`) let $C_a\colon y^n=\prod_{i=1}^6(x-a_i)^{e_i}$. Let $P_a\subset J(C_a)$ be the primitive part, with $W_a=H^1(P_a)$ of $F$-rank $4$, Hodge signature $(4,0)$ at $\tau_{\pm1}$ and $(2,2)$ at $\tau_{\pm j_0}$. [18, Part II] proves:

- (V1) $\bigwedge^2_FW_a\otimes_F\chi$ descends to a K3-type $E$-structure $\mathbb T_a$ of $E$-dimension $6$, where $\chi$ is a rank-one twist carried by CM curves.
- (V2) For very general $a$ there is a projective K3 surface $S_a$ with $\rho=10$, $T(S_a)\cong\mathbb T_a$ and $E(S_a)=E$. The monodromy of $W_a$ generates $\mathrm{End}_F(W_a)$, so $\mathrm{End}^0(P_a)=F$ for very general $a$.
- (V3) Conditional theorem: if the relative Kuga–Satake class on $S_a\times C_a^2\times X_1\times X_2$ is algebraic, then HC holds for all powers of $S_a$.

In particular $S_a$ satisfies (Sp) with $W=W_a$.

**From [18, Part I] and from [13].** (I1) Interleaving identity: for $\dim U=4$, let $c_0$ be the Casimir of the wedge pairing on $\bigwedge^2U$. Realize $c_0^{\otimes3}$ in $\bigotimes_{k=1}^6(U_k\otimes U'_k)$, shift the $U'$-slots cyclically and project to $\bigwedge^6(\bigwedge^2U)$. The result is $-2880$ times a generator, and the unshifted pairing gives $0$. (I2) Descent lemma [13, Lemma 6.3]: if $T\otimes_EF$ is realized algebraically and $\bigwedge^m_F(T\otimes_EF)$ consists of algebraic classes, then so does $\bigwedge^m_ET$. (I3) Left inverses of injective algebraic maps between polarized summands, for which the Lefschetz standard conjecture is known, are algebraic [13, (R5)]. (I4) Buskin [6]: rational Hodge isometries between K3 surfaces are algebraic.

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## 3. Related work, precise scope, and novelty

All statements below were read in the abstract or introduction of the cited work (details in `sources.md`).

| Source | Exact statement used | Dim. | $K$ | Discriminant | Relation to this paper |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Markman [2], Thm. 1.5.1 | Hodge–Weil classes algebraic on polarized abelian sixfolds of Weil type | 6 | every $\mathbb Q(\sqrt{-d})$ | $-1$ | Dimension $6<8$: cannot carry $T$ (Prop. 1) |
| Markman [2], Cor. 1.6.1 | HC for all abelian fourfolds (via Schoen's degeneration to products, and Moonen–Zarhin) | 4 | all | all | Same |
| Markman [7] (JEMS 2023) | HC for the generic Weil fourfold | 4 | all | trivial | Same |
| Floccari–Fu [3], Thm. 1.2, 1.4 | HC for all powers of Weil fourfolds; HC, KSH and abelian motive for OG6-type resolutions | 4 | all | $1$ | $E=\mathbb Q$ analogue of Theorem B; $b_2(\mathrm{OG6})=8<12$ |
| Floccari [4], Thm. 1.2, 1.3, 3.5, 5.11 | KS algebraic and HC for powers of $S_K$ ($\mathrm{Kum}_n$); HC for powers of Weil fourfolds of disc. 1; under KSH, HC for powers of $S$ $\Leftrightarrow$ HC for powers of $\mathrm{KS}(S)$; KS algebraic if $T_{\mathbb Q}\hookrightarrow(U^{3}\oplus\langle m\rangle)_{\mathbb Q}$ | — | — | — | 5.11 needs $\operatorname{rk}T\le7$; we have $12$. Thm. 3.5 used in Cor. C |
| Schoen [8] (1998) | HC at a sufficiently general fibre of infinitely many families of Weil fourfolds with $K=\mathbb Q(\zeta_3)$ | 4 | $\mathbb Q(\zeta_3)$ | — | Same as Markman row |
| Varesco [1] | Thm. 2.16 (generation by $T^{\otimes2}$ and $\bigwedge^m_ET$); HC for powers in 4-dim. $\rho=16$ families if KS is algebraic | — | — | — | Used in Thm. B; Thm. B is an RM, $m=6$ analogue |
| van Geemen [9]; Schlickewei [10] | Kuga–Satake of RM K3 surfaces via corestriction of $C^+$ | — | — | — | Prop. 2 makes this explicit for $m=6$, $E$ quadratic |
| Poon [11] | Hodge-theoretic KS map for $\rho=14$ (type IV$_6$ vs II$_4$) | — | — | — | No cycles |
| Mostaed [12] (2026) | Weil loci on McMullen's curve; Weil classes there open | 6 | — | not $\pm1$ | No HC proved |
| rStation 98 [13] | All powers for a two-parameter family, $E=\mathbb Q(\sqrt2)$, rank 8 ($m=4$) | — | — | — | $m=4$; we treat $m=6$ conditionally |
| rStation 105 [14] | Orientation character of lattice-polarized K3 moduli | — | — | — | Not used |
| rStation 106, 108, 111 [15], [16], [17] | All powers for Dickson families; transfer by density; census | — | — | — | $m\le4$; dihedral mechanism unavailable for $m=6$ ([18, Part II]) |
| rStation 112 [18], Part II | Families $S_a$, half-spin $P_a$, conditional (KS$_a$) | — | — | — | Thm. B replaces (KS$_a$) by the standard KSH for $n=8,12$ |

**Novelty, as far as we could find.** (i) Proposition 1, the lower bound $\dim A\ge8$ for abelian carriers of rank-12 RM K3 structures. (ii) The explicit Weil-type description in Proposition 2, with $K,K'$ and trivial discriminant. It is a concrete consequence of the corestriction picture of [9], [10]. (iii) Theorem B: KSH implies HC for all powers for $E$ real quadratic, $m=6$, $F$ biquadratic. The $E=\mathbb Q$, $\rho=16$ analogue is Varesco's [1]. (iv) Proposition D, the weight obstruction separating Weil classes from the determinant.

*Not new:* Zarhin's theorem, the accidental isomorphism $D_3=A_3$, Deligne's weight-one constraint on Hodge-type representations, the corestriction structure of Kuga–Satake varieties for RM, the interleaving identity, and Varesco's generation theorem.

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## 4. Proposition 1: abelian carriers of $T$ have dimension at least eight

**Proposition 1.** Let $T$ be as in §2 ($E$ real quadratic, $m=6$, $\mathrm{End}_{\rm Hdg}T=E$). Let $A$ be a complex abelian variety such that $T$ is isomorphic to a subquotient of $\bigoplus_{k,l}H^1(A)^{\otimes k}\otimes(H^1(A)^\vee)^{\otimes l}(j)$. Then $\dim A\ge8$. If $\dim A=8$, then $H^1(A)\otimes\mathbb C$ is the sum of four pairwise non-isomorphic $4$-dimensional representations: the standard representations of the two factors $\mathrm{SL}_4$ and their duals.

*Proof.* Let $G=\mathrm{Hg}(A)$. The Hodge group of a subquotient is a quotient of $G$, so $G\twoheadrightarrow\mathrm{Hg}(T)=\mathrm{Res}_{E/\mathbb Q}\mathrm{SO}(q_E)$. On Lie algebras over $\mathbb C$, $\mathfrak g^{\rm der}_{\mathbb C}$ therefore has ideals $\mathfrak g_0\cong\mathfrak{sl}_4$ and $\mathfrak g_c\cong\mathfrak{sl}_4$ mapping isomorphically onto $\mathfrak{so}(T_{\sigma_0})$ and $\mathfrak{so}(T_{\sigma_c})$. Let $\mu$ be the Hodge cocharacter of $A$, normalized to have eigenvalues $\pm\frac12$ on $H^1$. Its image in $\mathrm{Hg}(T)$ is the cocharacter of $T$, up to centre.

At $\sigma_0$ this image acts on the vector representation $T_{\sigma_0}=\bigwedge^2\mathrm{std}$ with eigenvalues $(1,0,0,0,0,-1)$, the K3 type. So its $\mathfrak g_0$-component is the $\mathrm{SU}(2,2)$ cocharacter $(\frac12,\frac12,-\frac12,-\frac12)$ on $\mathrm{std}$ (`verify.py` A2). At $\sigma_c$ the Hodge structure is pure, so the $\mathfrak g_c$-component of $\mu$ is trivial.

$H^1(A)$ is a faithful representation of $G$, so some irreducible constituent $V$ of $H^1(A)_{\mathbb C}$ is nontrivial on $\mathfrak g_0$. Write $V=V_0\boxtimes V_c\boxtimes V'$ according to $\mathfrak g^{\rm der}=\mathfrak g_0\oplus\mathfrak g_c\oplus\mathfrak g'$. The eigenvalues of $\mu$ on $V$ lie in $\{\pm\frac12\}$, so their spread is at most $1$. Spreads add over tensor factors. $V_0$ is nontrivial, and a non-central cocharacter acts non-trivially on every nontrivial irreducible representation of the simple algebra $\mathfrak{sl}_4$. So $\mathrm{spread}(V_0)=1$.

For highest weight $c_1\omega_1+c_2\omega_2+c_3\omega_3$ the spread equals $c_1+2c_2+c_3$ (A1b). It equals $1$ exactly for $\mathrm{std}$ and $\mathrm{std}^\vee$ (A1). Hence $V_0\in\{\mathrm{std},\mathrm{std}^\vee\}$.

If $V_c$ is nontrivial, then $\dim V\ge4\cdot4=16$, so $\dim_{\mathbb C}H^1(A)\ge16$. Otherwise $V_c$ is trivial. Choose $\gamma\in\mathrm{Gal}(\bar{\mathbb Q}/\mathbb Q)$ inducing the nontrivial automorphism of $E$. Since $H^1(A)$ is defined over $\mathbb Q$, the conjugate constituent $V^\gamma$ also occurs, and $\gamma$ exchanges $\mathfrak g_0$ and $\mathfrak g_c$ (as factors of the restriction of scalars). So $V^\gamma$ is nontrivial on $\mathfrak g_c$ and trivial on $\mathfrak g_0$.

Complex conjugation also preserves $H^1(A)$. It maps $V$ to $\bar V$, whose $\mathfrak g_0$-part is the dual of $V_0$, because $\mathrm{std}$ of $\mathfrak{su}(2,2)$ has conjugate $\mathrm{std}^\vee$. Similarly it maps $V^\gamma$ to $\overline{V^\gamma}$ with dual $\mathfrak g_c$-part. The four constituents $V,\bar V,V^\gamma,\overline{V^\gamma}$ are pairwise non-isomorphic: they are distinguished by their restrictions to $\mathfrak g_0$ and $\mathfrak g_c$, using $\mathrm{std}\not\cong\mathrm{std}^\vee$ for $\mathfrak{sl}_4$. Each has dimension $\ge4$. So $\dim H^1(A)_{\mathbb C}\ge16$ in all cases, and $\dim A\ge8$. Equality forces exactly these four constituents of dimension $4$ (A3). $\square$

**Corollary 1.1.** No abelian variety of dimension $\le7$ has $T(S_a)$ (or any $T$ as in §2) in the tensor category generated by its $H^1$. In particular this holds for every abelian variety in the scope of [2, Thm. 1.5.1, Cor. 1.6.1], [3, Thm. 1.2], [4, Thm. 1.3], [7] and [8]. Hyper-Kähler varieties of $\mathrm{Kum}_n$- and OG6-type have $b_2=7$ and $8$, so $T$ does not embed in their $H^2$ either.

**Remark 1.2.** We do not claim that the bound is attained. The realization of [18, Part II] is $T(S_a)\otimes_EF\cong\bigwedge^2_FH^1(P_a)\otimes_F\chi$, where $\chi$ is supplied by two auxiliary CM curves and has non-Tate Hodge types; it places $T$ in the tensor category generated by $H^1(P_a)$ and those CM curves, not by $H^1(P_a)$ alone. The relative half-spin minimality of [18] is a different statement. The bound is consistent with the spin obstruction of [18, Thm. I.3] ($F$-rank $\ge2^{\lfloor 5/2\rfloor}=4$). Every member of the [18, Part II] families with $m=6$ and $\mathrm{End}=E$ has the *same* Mumford–Tate group $\mathrm{Res}_{E/\mathbb Q}\mathrm{SO}(q_E)$, by Zarhin. So no sub-locus with $m=6$ is special for this question. Points where $P_a$ or $\mathrm{KS}(S_a)$ acquires extra endomorphisms have $m<6$ or $E$ larger.

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## 5. Proposition 2: the Kuga–Satake variety

**Proposition 2.** Let $S$ be a projective K3 surface with $T=T(S)$ as in §2 satisfying (Sp).

(a) $H^1(\mathrm{KS}(S))\otimes\mathbb C\cong\bigl((W_{\tau_0}\oplus W_{\bar\tau_0})\otimes(W_{\tau_c}\oplus W_{\bar\tau_c})\bigr)^{\oplus32}$ as representations of $\mathrm{Hg}(T)^{\rm der}_{\mathbb C}$.

(b) Suppose $F/\mathbb Q$ is Galois with group $(\mathbb Z/2)^2=\{1,c,g,gc\}$, where $g|_E\neq1$, and let $K=F^{\langle g\rangle}$ and $K'=F^{\langle gc\rangle}$. These are the two imaginary quadratic subfields. Then
$$\mathrm{KS}(S)\ \sim\ B_K^{32}\times B_{K'}^{32},$$
where $B_K$ and $B_{K'}$ are abelian 16-folds, $\mathrm{End}^0(B_K)=K$, $\mathrm{End}^0(B_{K'})=K'$ and $\mathrm{Hom}(B_K,B_{K'})=0$. As Hodge structures over $\mathrm{Res}\,\mathrm{SU}(W)$, $H^1(B_K)$ is the tensor induction
$$N_{F/K}(W)=\bigl(W\otimes_FW^{g}\bigr)^{S},\qquad S(f\,w\otimes w')=g(f)\,w'\otimes w,$$
a $K$-vector space of dimension $16$. Similarly $H^1(B_{K'})=N_{F/K'}(W)$. Both are of Weil type: each embedding of $K$ has Hodge signature $(8,8)$. The hermitian form $h_N=h\otimes g(h)$ has
$$\det{}_K h_N=N_{E/\mathbb Q}(\det h)^4\,N_{F/\mathbb Q}(\beta)^{3}\,2^{12}\in\mathbb Q_{>0}^{\times2},\qquad g(\beta)=-\beta,$$
so $\mathrm{disc}(B_K)=1=(-1)^8$ in $\mathbb Q^\times/N(K^\times)$.

(c) If $F/\mathbb Q$ is cyclic, the four constituents form a single Galois orbit with trivial stabilizer; the individual character field is $F$, and the relevant Kuga–Satake factor has endomorphism algebra with centre of rational dimension $4$.

For the [18, Part II] families: $n=8$ gives $K=\mathbb Q(\sqrt{-2})$, $K'=\mathbb Q(i)$; $n=12$ gives $K=\mathbb Q(i)$, $K'=\mathbb Q(\sqrt{-3})$; $n=10$ is case (c).

*Proof.* (a) $H^1(\mathrm{KS})=C^+(T_{\mathbb Q})$, of dimension $2^{11}$, with $\mathrm{Spin}$ acting by left multiplication. As a module it is $32$ copies of the spin representation $\Delta_{12}$. Over $\mathbb C$, $T_{\mathbb Q}\otimes\mathbb C=T_{\sigma_0}\oplus T_{\sigma_c}$. The preimage of $\mathrm{SO}(T_{\sigma_0})\times\mathrm{SO}(T_{\sigma_c})$ in $\mathrm{Spin}_{12}$ is $(\mathrm{Spin}_6\times\mathrm{Spin}_6)/\mu_2$. By the standard restriction rule for Clifford modules of orthogonal sums, $\Delta_{12}$ restricts to $\Delta_6\boxtimes\Delta_6$. Under $\mathrm{Spin}_6=\mathrm{SL}_4$, $\Delta_6=\mathrm{std}\oplus\mathrm{std}^\vee=W_\tau\oplus W_{\bar\tau}$ (E1).

(b) The four constituents $Y_{\tau,\tau'}=W_{\tau}\otimes W_{\tau'}$ ($\tau|_E=\sigma_c$, $\tau'|_E=\sigma_0$) are permuted by $\mathrm{Gal}(\bar{\mathbb Q}/\mathbb Q)$ through $\mathrm{Gal}(F/\mathbb Q)$, acting on pairs $\{\tau,\tau'\}$ by post-composition. In the biquadratic case there are two orbits of size two: $\{\tau,g\tau\}$ with stabilizer $\langle g\rangle$, and $\{\tau,gc\tau\}$ with stabilizer $\langle gc\rangle$. So the character fields are $K$ and $K'$. For $n=8,12$ this is checked in B1–B1d, and the fields are identified exactly by the square of a trace element.

The tensor induction $N_{F/K}(W)$ is a $K$-form of $Y_{\tau,g\tau}$ (B5 constructs it). So the Schur index is $1$. The $\mathbb Q$-representation $\mathrm{Res}_{K/\mathbb Q}N_{F/K}(W)$ is irreducible, with $\otimes\mathbb C=Y\oplus\bar Y$, $Y\not\cong\bar Y$, and commutant $K$. The Hodge structure on any $\mathbb Q$-subrepresentation of $H^1(\mathrm{KS})$ is determined by the cocharacter, which factors through the Mumford–Tate group. Hence the isotypic decomposition of $H^1(\mathrm{KS})$ gives the isogeny decomposition, with multiplicities $32$ from (a).

$\mathrm{End}^0(B_K)$ is the commutant, which is $K$. $\mathrm{Hom}(B_K,B_{K'})=0$ because the constituents differ. The Hodge numbers of $Y_{\tau,\tau'}$ are $4\cdot(2,2)=(8,8)$: the $\sigma_c$-factor is pure and the $\sigma_0$-factor has signature $(2,2)$. This is B2, run on the exact Chevalley–Weil signatures of all six families. A $K$-hermitian form on $N_{F/K}(W)$ invariant under $\mathrm{SU}(W)$ is unique up to $\mathbb Q^\times$, so the Riemann form of $B_K$ is a rational multiple of $h_N$.

For the determinant, take the $K$-basis $e_i\otimes e_i$, $e_i\otimes e_j+e_j\otimes e_i$ and $\beta(e_i\otimes e_j-e_j\otimes e_i)$ ($i<j$) of the $S$-invariants. Its matrix $P$ relative to the $F$-basis $e_i\otimes e_j$ has $\det P=\pm\beta^6 2^6$. Since $\det(G\otimes g(G))=\det(G)^4g(\det G)^4=N_{E/\mathbb Q}(\det h)^4$, we get the stated formula. Every factor is a positive rational square, and a positive square is a norm from $K$. B5 computes the $16\times16$ Gram matrices exactly for the six families and both fields (twelve cases). It checks $K$-valuedness, hermitian symmetry, rationality of the determinant and the formula, and the norm condition via Hilbert symbols; controls are in B5c, B5d.

(c) For $\mathrm{Gal}(F/\mathbb Q)$ cyclic of order $4$, the generator acts on the four pairs with one orbit of size four and trivial stabilizer (B1e). The field of an individual character is the fixed field of the stabilizer, i.e. $F$. The four constituents are pairwise non-isomorphic, so the complex commutant has centre $\mathbb C^4$, whose rational form has dimension $4$ (consistent with [10, Thm. 3.3.1]). $\square$

**Remark 2.1.** [18, Part II] shows that $P_a$ is not of Weil type for any imaginary quadratic $K\subset F$, since its $K$-signature is $(6,2)$ (B3). The Weil-type varieties naturally attached to $S_a$ are the 16-folds $B_K(a)$. They are tensor inductions of $H^1(P_a)$: $H^1(B_K(a))$ is, up to a rank-one CM twist, a Hodge summand of $H^1(P_a)^{\otimes2}$. Their Weil classes are Hodge classes of degree $16$ on varieties of dimension $16$, and no known theorem covers them.

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## 6. Theorem B: the Kuga–Satake Hodge conjecture implies HC for all powers

**Hypothesis (KSH$_w$).** There is an algebraic cycle $\Gamma$ on $S\times\mathrm{KS}(S)\times\mathrm{KS}(S)$ such that $\Gamma_*\colon T(S)\to H^1(\mathrm{KS})\otimes H^1(\mathrm{KS})\subset H^2(\mathrm{KS}^2)$ is nonzero.

The Kuga–Satake Hodge conjecture in the form of [4, Conj. 3.3] ("the morphism $\theta'$ is induced by an algebraic cycle on $S\times\mathrm{KS}(S)^2$") implies (KSH$_w$).

**Theorem B.** Let $S$ be a projective K3 surface with $E(S)=E$ real quadratic and $\dim_ET(S)=6$, satisfying (Sp), with $F/\mathbb Q$ biquadratic. If (KSH$_w$) holds, then:
1. $E$ acts on $T(S)$ by algebraic correspondences, and HC holds for $S^k$, $k\le5$;
2. every class in $\bigwedge^6_ET(S)\subset H^{12}(S^6,\mathbb Q)$ is algebraic;
3. HC holds for $S^k$ for all $k$, and for $S^k\times S'^l$ whenever $T(S')$ is rationally Hodge isometric to $T(S)$.

### 6.1 Proof

Write $\mathcal K=\mathrm{KS}(S)$. By Proposition 2(b), choose isogenies and Künneth projectors, all algebraic, decomposing $H^1(\mathcal K)\otimes H^1(\mathcal K)$ into the summands $H^1(B^{(r)})\otimes H^1(B^{(s)})$ with $B^{(r)},B^{(s)}\in\{B_K,B_{K'}\}$.

*Step 0 (where $T$ can land).* Over $\mathbb C$ put $V=W_{\tau_c}$ and $U=W_{g\tau_c}$, so $U$ lies over $\sigma_0$. Then $H^1(B_K)_{\mathbb C}=VU\oplus\bar V\bar U$ and $H^1(B_{K'})_{\mathbb C}=V\bar U\oplus\bar VU$, with $\bar V\cong V^\vee$ and $\bar U\cong U^\vee$. The pieces of $T$ are $T_0=\bigwedge^2U\boxtimes1$ and $T_c=1\boxtimes\bigwedge^2V$. Exact $\mathfrak{sl}_4$-invariant computations (B4) give:
$$(V\otimes V)^{\mathfrak{sl}_4}=0,\quad(V\otimes V^\vee)^{\mathfrak{sl}_4}=1,\quad\mathrm{mult}(\textstyle\bigwedge^2U,U\otimes U)=\mathrm{mult}(\bigwedge^2U,U^\vee\otimes U^\vee)=1,\quad\mathrm{mult}(\bigwedge^2U,U\otimes U^\vee)=0.$$
Hence $T$ does not occur in $H^1(B_K)^{\otimes2}$ or in $H^1(B_{K'})^{\otimes2}$. In $X:=H^1(B_K)\otimes H^1(B_{K'})$ it occurs with total multiplicity two over $E$, once in each of the four blocks: $T_0$ in $VU\otimes\bar VU$ and in $\bar V\bar U\otimes V\bar U$, and $T_c$ in the other two (B4b; control B4c). So some component of $\Gamma_*$ gives a nonzero algebraic Hodge morphism $i\colon T\to X$. It is injective, since $T$ is irreducible.

*Step 1 ($F$-structure and $E$-linearity).* $K\otimes_{\mathbb Q}K'\cong F$ acts on $X$ through $\mathrm{End}^0(B_K)\otimes\mathrm{End}^0(B_{K'})$, by algebraic correspondences. Each block of $X_{\mathbb C}$ is the eigenspace of exactly one embedding $\rho$ of $F$. The block containing $T_0$ has $\rho|_E=\sigma_0$, and the blocks containing $T_c$ have $\rho|_E=\sigma_c$ (B4d).

Let $X[T]$ be the $T$-isotypic part. It has dimension $24$, it is $F$-stable, and as a Hodge structure it is $\cong T^2$. Its Hodge endomorphisms form $M_2(E)$. A commutative subalgebra of $M_2(E)$ of $\mathbb Q$-dimension $4$ contains the centre, so $E_{\rm centre}\subset F$. By B4d, $E_{\rm centre}$ is the real quadratic subfield $E\subset F$ acting through the given embeddings. So every Hodge morphism $T\to X[T]$ is $E$-linear. In particular $i$ is $E$-linear, and $e|_T=r\circ e\circ i$ for $e\in E$, where $r$ is an algebraic left inverse of $i$.

Such an $r$ exists by (I3). $X$ and $T$ carry algebraic polarizations with algebraic adjoints, since the Lefschetz standard conjecture holds for abelian varieties and surfaces. Moreover $i^\dagger i\in\mathrm{End}_{\rm Hdg}(T)=E$, so $(i^\dagger i)^{-1}$ is a polynomial in $i^\dagger i$. Thus $E$ acts algebraically on $T$. The Hodge classes of $T\otimes T$ are the $E$-multiples of the Casimir $c_T$, which is the transcendental Künneth part of the diagonal. This gives (1), by [1, Thm. 2.16] without determinants.

*Step 2 ($B:=X[T]\cong T\otimes_EF$ algebraically).* Take $\theta\in F\setminus E$. Then $i(T)\cap\theta i(T)$ is a Hodge substructure of the irreducible $i(T)$. If it were all of $i(T)$, then $F\subset\mathrm{End}(T)$. So it is $0$, and $B=i(T)\oplus\theta i(T)$. The map $T\oplus T\to B$, $(x,y)\mapsto i(x)+\theta i(y)$, is algebraic with algebraic inverse, by Step 1 and (I3). Hence the orthogonal projector $\pi_B\colon X\to B$ is algebraic.

The $F$-bilinear extension of $q_E$ is a Hodge pairing $B\otimes_FB\to F(-2)$. Its Casimir $c\in B\otimes_FB$ is a Hodge class, and it is algebraic because Hodge classes of $T\otimes T$ are algebraic by Step 1.

*Step 3 (interleaving).* Consider $c^{\otimes3}\in\bigotimes_{k=1}^6X^{(k)}$, with $X^{(k)}=H^1(B_K^{(k)})\otimes H^1(B_{K'}^{(k)})$ on $(B_K\times B_{K'})^6$. Apply in turn:
- the separability idempotents of $F\otimes F$ in all slots;
- the cyclic permutation $B_{K'}^{(k)}\mapsto B_{K'}^{(k+1)}$ of factors, which is algebraic and acts by a fixed Koszul sign;
- $\pi_B$ on each copy;
- the projector onto $\bigwedge^6_FB$.

All these maps are algebraic, so the result $\Psi(c)\in\bigwedge^6_FB$ is algebraic. It is Galois-equivariant, so it suffices to show its component at one embedding $\rho$ is nonzero.

Take $\rho$ with $B_\rho=T_0$ in the block $(V\otimes U)\otimes(\bar V\otimes U)$. There $B_\rho=L\otimes\bigwedge^2U$ with $L=(V\otimes V^\vee)^{\mathfrak{sl}_4}=\mathbb C\,\ell$, $\ell=\mathrm{id}_V$. The $U$-slots sit in different factors, $U$ in $B_K$ and $U$ in $B_{K'}$. Any $\mathrm{SL}(U)$-invariant symmetric form on $\bigwedge^2U$ is a multiple of the wedge pairing, so $c_\rho=\kappa\,c_0\otimes(\ell\otimes\ell)$ with $\kappa\ne0$. The $\rho$-component of $\pi_B$ is the canonical isotypic projector $P_L\otimes P_{\wedge}$.

So $\Psi(c)_\rho$ factors as (U-part) $\otimes$ (V-part). The U-part is the interleaving (I1), with the $B_K$-slots in the role of $U$ and the $B_{K'}$-slots in the role of $U'$; it equals $-2880$ times a generator (C1, C2; controls C2c). The V-part is new. The shift moves $\bar V=V^\vee$ together with $U'$, so copy $k$ contains $V_k\otimes V^\vee_{k-1}$. Projecting $\bigotimes_k\ell_{(k,k)}$ onto $\bigotimes_kL_{(k,k-1)}$ gives a single cyclic trace, $\mathrm{tr}(\mathrm{id}_V)/(\dim V)^6=4^{-5}$ (C3; control C3b).

Permutations of the six $B$-copies move each pair $V_k\otimes V^\vee_{k-1}$ as a unit, so they act trivially on the $L$-part, and the antisymmetrization is carried by the $U$-part alone. Hence $\Psi(c)_\rho=-2880\cdot4^{-5}\kappa^3\cdot(\text{generator})\ne0$ (C4).

*Step 4.* $\bigwedge^6_FB$ is an $F$-line spanned by the algebraic class $\Psi(c)$, and $F$ acts algebraically, so all its elements are algebraic. Since $B=i(T)\otimes_EF$ algebraically, the descent lemma (I2) and pull-back by $r$ give (2).

*Step 5.* [1, Thm. 2.16] with (1) and (2) gives HC for all $S^k$. For $S'$ use (I4). $\square$

**Remark 6.1 (relation to [18, Part II]).** The proof is that of [18, Thm. II.4], with $(C_a,C_a)$ replaced by $(B_K,B_{K'})$ and the CM twist $\chi$ replaced by the compact-place factor $V$. The new features are that the $F$-action comes from two *different* imaginary quadratic fields acting on two *different* factors, and that the compact factor $V$ moves under the shift and contributes the cyclic trace $4^{-5}$. In [18, Part II] the twist $\chi$ was fixed. For $F$ cyclic quartic ($n=10$) our argument does not apply as written, because Step 1 uses the two imaginary quadratic subfields $K,K'$ of a biquadratic $F$. Whether an algebraic $F$-action on the Kuga–Satake factor (whose centre has rational dimension $4$) can be used instead is left open; we claim no obstruction.

**Corollary C.** Let $e$ be one of the six [18, Part II] exponent vectors with $n\in\{8,12\}$, and let $a$ be very general, so that $T(S_a)$ satisfies §2 by (V2). Then (KSH$_w$) for $S_a$ implies HC for all powers of $S_a$. Suppose moreover the Kuga–Satake Hodge conjecture [4, Conj. 3.3] holds for $S_a$. Then [4, Thm. 3.5] together with Theorem B gives HC for all powers of $\mathrm{KS}(S_a)$, hence for all powers of the Weil-type 16-folds $B_K(a)$, $B_{K'}(a)$ of discriminant $1$. These are far outside [2], [3], [4].

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## 7. Proposition D: Weil classes cannot replace the Kuga–Satake class

Keep the setting of Proposition 2(b). Let $H_K=H^1(B_K)$ and $H_{K'}=H^1(B_{K'})$, with their hermitian forms. Let $L'=\mathrm{Res}_{K/\mathbb Q}\mathrm{SU}(H_K)\times\mathrm{Res}_{K'/\mathbb Q}\mathrm{SU}(H_{K'})$ act diagonally on the cohomology of all products $B_K^r\times B_{K'}^s$.

**Lemma 7.1.** Every divisor class on such a product is $L'$-invariant. So is every Weil class, for any action $\iota\colon K''\to\mathrm{End}^0(B_K^r\times B_{K'}^s)$ of an imaginary quadratic field making the product of Weil type. Every homomorphism between such products commutes with $L'$. Hence the ring $R$ generated by these classes, and closed under push-forward and pull-back along homomorphisms, consists of $L'$-invariant classes.

*Proof.* $\mathrm{End}^0=M_r(K)\times M_s(K')$, so the Lefschetz group is $\mathrm{U}(H_K)\times\mathrm{U}(H_{K'})$. It fixes all divisor classes on products, and it commutes with all homomorphisms. A Weil class for $\iota$ spans, over $\mathbb C$, the lines $\det H_\pm$, where $H_\pm$ are the $\iota$-eigenspaces. An element $(g_1,g_2)\in L'(\mathbb C)\cong\mathrm{SL}(VU)\times\mathrm{SL}(\bar VU)$ commutes with $\iota$, so it preserves $H_\pm$. Here $H_\pm$ is a sum of pieces $VU\otimes\Lambda$, $\bar V\bar U\otimes\Lambda'$ ($\Lambda,\Lambda'\subset\mathbb C^r$) and the analogous pieces for $K'$. On each piece $g$ acts as $g_1\otimes1$ or its contragredient, with determinant $\det(g_1)^{\dim\Lambda}=1$. So $\det(g|H_\pm)=1$. $\square$

**Proposition D.** Let $i\colon T\to H_K\otimes H_{K'}$ be any nonzero Hodge morphism, for instance a component of the Hodge-theoretic Kuga–Satake map, and let $0\ne d\in\bigwedge^6_ET$. Then $i^{\otimes6}(d)\notin R$. Consequently no combination of divisor classes, Weil classes and homomorphisms on products of $B_K,B_{K'}$, even if all are algebraic, yields the determinant of $T$ without a non-$L'$-invariant correspondence such as the Kuga–Satake class.

*Proof.* Let $g_U=\mathrm{diag}(i,1,1,1)\in\mathrm{GL}(U)$ and $g=(1_V\otimes g_U,\,1_{\bar V}\otimes g_U)$, acting on $VU$ and on $\bar VU$ and contragrediently on the conjugate pieces. Then $\det(1_V\otimes g_U)=\det(g_U)^4=1$ (D1), so $g\in L'(\mathbb C)$.

$g$ preserves each block. On the block $(V\otimes U)\otimes(\bar V\otimes U)\supset L\otimes\bigwedge^2U$ it acts by $1\otimes\bigwedge^2g_U$. So on the $\rho$-component of $i^{\otimes6}(d)$, a nonzero element of the line $\bigwedge^6(L\otimes\bigwedge^2U)$, it acts by $\det(\bigwedge^2g_U)=\det(g_U)^3=-i\neq1$ (D2). If the $T_0$-part of $i$ lies in the other block, $g$ acts by $+i$ there instead. So $g\cdot i^{\otimes6}(d)\ne i^{\otimes6}(d)$, whereas $R$ is $L'$-invariant by Lemma 7.1. $\square$

**Remark 7.2 (the case $E=\mathbb Q$).** For a K3 surface with $\rho=16$ and Weil fourfold $B$, $H^1(B)_{\mathbb C}=U\oplus\bar U$ and $T\otimes K\subset\bigwedge^2_KH^1(B)$. The derived Lefschetz group is $\mathrm{SU}(U)$, and every $g\in\mathrm{SL}(U)$ has $\det\bigwedge^2g=\det(g)^3=1$ (D3). So there is no obstruction: the determinant is in the ring generated by Weil and divisor classes, which is why [3], [4] (with [1]) close the $E=\mathbb Q$ case. In weight language, Weil classes of Weil fourfolds have central weight $\det_U$, and the determinant of $T$ has weight $\det_U^3$. For our 16-folds the Weil classes have weight $\det_U^4\det_V^{\pm4}$, and $3\notin4\mathbb Z$.

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## 8. Verification

`verify.py` is self-contained. It uses only the Python standard library and runs in about three seconds; output is in `verify_output.txt` (44 checks, `FALLOS = 0`). Arithmetic is exact: integers and `Fraction`, with an implementation of $\mathbb Q(\zeta_n)$ modulo $\Phi_n$. No floating point is used.

| Statement | Checks |
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| Prop. 1: spread of $\mathfrak{sl}_4$-irreps $=c_1+2c_2+c_3$; spread 1 iff std/dual; K3 cocharacter on $\bigwedge^2$; compact place control; minimal rank 16 | A1, A1b, A2, A2c, A3 |
| Prop. 2: Galois orbits of pairs and character fields $K,K'$ (exact squares of trace elements) for $n=8,12$; cyclic control $n=10$ | B1–B1e |
| Weil signature $(8,8)$ of all constituents, six families | B2 |
| $P_a$ not of Weil type for any $K\subset F$; $n=10$ has no imaginary quadratic subfield | B3, B3c |
| Exact $\mathfrak{sl}_4$-invariant dimensions; where $T$ sits in $H^1\otimes H^1$; control | B4, B4b, B4c |
| Embedding of $F=KK'$ on each block; $E$ acts through the centre | B4d |
| Tensor-induced $16\times16$ Gram matrices (12 cases): $K$-valued, hermitian, rational determinant, formula, norm from $K$ (Hilbert symbols); controls | B5, B5c, B5d |
| Interleaving: Casimir, $-2880$, controls; cyclic trace $4^{-5}$, controls; product $\ne0$ | C1–C4 |
| Prop. D: $g\in L'$, action $-i$ on the determinant; weight lattice; $E=\mathbb Q$ positive control | D1–D3 |
| Dimension bookkeeping ($2^{11}=32\cdot64$, $\dim B_K=16$, which families are covered) | E1–E3 |

The Kita–Yoshida hermitian matrices of the half-spin pieces are recomputed from the formula used in [18, Part II]. That formula was validated there against Chevalley–Weil signatures in 112 cases. Here they enter only through the determinant identity of B5, which holds for any hermitian $G$.

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## 9. Limitations

- **No unconditional result.** Theorem B is conditional on (KSH$_w$), a Kuga–Satake correspondence for K3 surfaces of Picard number $10$. As far as we know, no such case is known for $\rho<15$: Floccari [4, Thm. 5.11] requires $\operatorname{rk}T\le7$. We prove HC for all powers of no K3 surface with $E\neq\mathbb Q$ and $m=6$.
- **Hypotheses of Theorem B.** We need (Sp) and $F/\mathbb Q$ biquadratic. The three $E=\mathbb Q(\sqrt5)$ families of [18, Part II] are not covered. A general K3 with $E$ real quadratic and $m=6$ might have non-split $C^+$; our multiplicity bookkeeping then fails.
- **Proposition D is a statement about a natural ring, not a no-go for all algebraic cycles.** It shows that Weil-class theorems plus divisors and homomorphisms do not suffice. It does not exclude other algebraic classes on powers of $B_K\times B_{K'}$ (Mumford–Tate-type tensor classes) from producing the determinant. Theorem B says that the Kuga–Satake class does.
- **Imported results.** We use Zarhin's theorem, the Clifford restriction rule, Varesco's Theorem 2.16, the descent lemma of [13], Buskin's theorem, and Floccari's Theorem 3.5. We read their statements but did not re-prove them. The statements of [2], [3], [4] were read in abstracts and introductions (`sources.md`). Moonen–Zarhin and Schoen (1988) enter only through Markman's own account of his proof.
- **The relation with (KS$_a$) of [18, Part II].** We do not show that (KSH$_w$) and (KS$_a$) are equivalent. Each would follow from the other together with HC for specific Hodge classes on $\mathrm{KS}(S_a)\times C_a^2\times X_1\times X_2$, which we do not know.
- **Very general.** As in [18, Part II], the members with $m=6$ are very general, not explicit.

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