Rational curves and strictly nef divisors on Calabi-Yau threefolds (Q2088563)

Summary: We give a criterion for a nef divisor \(D\) to be semi-ample on a Calabi-Yau threefold \(X\) when \(D^3=0=c_2(X)\cdot D\) and \(c_3(X)\neq 0\). As a direct consequence, we show that on such a variety \(X\), if \(D\) is strictly nef and \(\nu(D)\neq 1\), then \(D\) is ample; we also show that if there exists a Cariter divisor \(D\not\equiv 0\) in the boundary of the nef cone of \(X\), then \(X\) contains a rational curve when its topological Euler characteristic is not \(0\).