On adjoint bundles of ample vector bundles (Q4027239)

[For the entire collection see Zbl 0745.00049.] Let \(M\) denote a complex manifold of dimension \(n\) with canonical bundle \(K\). Let \(E\) be an ample vector bundle on \(M\) of rank \(r\geq n\) and determinant \(L\). The author shows that \(K+L\) is ample except in the following cases. (1) \(M=\mathbb{P}^ n\) and \(E=\bigoplus^{n+1}{\mathcal O}(1)\), \(\bigoplus^ n{\mathcal O}(1)\), \({\mathcal O}(2)\bigoplus\bigl(\bigoplus^{n- 1}{\mathcal O}(1)\bigr)\) or \(E=\) the tangent bundle of \(M\). (2) \(M=\) a smooth hyperquadric in \(\mathbb{P}^{n+1}\), \(E=\bigoplus^ n{\mathcal O}(1)\) (3) \(M\approx P(F)\), \(F\) being a vector bundle over a curve \(X\) and the restriction of \(E\) to any fibre of \(M\to X\) is isomorphic \(\bigoplus^ n{\mathcal O}(1)\). The proof uses Mori's theory on extremal rays and Kawamata's theory [see \textit{Y. Kawamata}, \textit{K. Matsuda} and \textit{K. Matsuki} in Algebraic Geometry, Proc. Symp., Sendai 1985, Adv. Stud. Pure Math. 10, 283-360 (1987; Zbl 0672.14006)]. The case \(K+L=0\) is studied by \textit{Peternell} [Preprint 1990].