Examples of Calabi-Yau threefolds as covers of almost-Fano threefolds (Q2498434)

The author gives a method for producing examples of Calabi-Yau threefolds (i. e. smooth threefolds \(X\) with trivial canonical classes and \(h^1(X, \mathcal O_X)=0\)) as covers of degree \(3\leq d \leq 8\) of almost Fano threefolds. (An almost-Fano threefold is a smooth projective threefold with nef and big canonical class.) The almost-Fano threefolds used for this method should have ``even'' canonical class (i. e. canonical sheaf should be isomorphic to square of sheaf that is dual to the globally generated one). Let \(X\to Y\) be such cover and \(\omega_X\cong \mathcal L^{-2}\). The author gives the formula for the Euler-Poincaré characteristic: \[ e(X)=de(Y)-24d-(d-5)(d-12)c_1(\mathcal L)^3. \] For the cases \(d=3,4,5,6,8\), the author uses \textit{G. Casnati} and \textit{T. Ekedahl} [J. Algebr. Geom. 5, 439--460 (1996; Zbl 0866.14009)], \textit{G. Casnati} and \textit{P. Supino} [Glasg. Math. J. 44, 65--79 (2002, Zbl 1046.14019)], and \textit{P. Pragacz} [Ann. Sci. Éc. Norm. Supér., IV Sér. 21. No. 3, 413--454 (1988, Zbl 0687.14043)] (for Euler-Poincaré characteristic computation). Section 2 is aimed to this. The degree 7 case is similar but more complicated; the author constructs such covers in the section 3. Finally, in section 4 author gives examples for all of these cases.