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Consider a K3 surface given as the double branched cover over P^2, branched along a smooth sextic. What is the ramification divisor in the K3 surface?

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The ramification divisor projects isomorphically to the plane sextic curve. Is that what you were asking?

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and it has self-intersection equal to 18 –  rita Aug 7 '12 at 21:25

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