From cracked polytopes to Fano threefolds (Q2222923)

Fix a complete (generalized) fan \(\Sigma\). In his previous paper [Manuscr. Math. 163, No. 1--2, 165--183 (2020; Zbl 1469.14104)], the author introduced the notion of cracked polytope along \(\Sigma\) as a polytope whose intersection with each maximal cone of \(\Sigma\) is unimodular. In the present paper, starting from a cracked polytope and using Laurent inversion, the author constructs Fano threefolds with very ample anticanonical bundle and Picard rank greater than one. He also gives constructions, from cracked polytopes, of rank one Fano threefolds. Moreover, he investigates the problem of classifying polytopes cracked along a given fan in three dimensions, and he classifies the unimodular polytopes which can occur as pieces of a cracked polytope.