On the classification of rank 2 almost Fano bundles on projective space (Q2882937)

A smooth complex projective variety \(X\) is called almost Fano if its anticanonical bundle \(-K_X\) is nef and big; a vector bundle \(\mathcal E\) on a smooth complex projective variety is called almost Fano if its projectivization is an almost Fano manifold. In case the projectivization is actually a Fano manifold, i.e. its anticanonical bundle is ample, then the base has to be Fano as well.NEWLINENEWLINEThe first result of the paper under review asserts that the same happens for an almost Fano bundle, i.e. the base has to be an almost Fano manifold. Then the author studies rank two almost Fano bundles on projective spaces, obtaining a classification theorem, namely any almost Fano bundle of rank two on \(\mathbb P^n\) is isomorphic to a direct sum of line bundles if \(n \geq 4\), while there are some non trivial cases on \(\mathbb P^3\) and \(\mathbb P^2\).NEWLINENEWLINEAll but one the cases appearing in the theorem are effective.