Fano manifolds with nef tangent bundle and large Picard number (Q498692)

The main result of the article is the following: Theorem: Let \(X\) be a Fano manifold with nef tangent bundle. Let \(m\) be the dimension, \(n\) the Picard number and \(i_X\) the pseudoindex of \(X\). Then we have (GM): \((i_X-1)n\leq m\). Furthermore, \(X\) is rational homogeneous if one of the following holds: (1) \(m \leq n(i_X- 1)+ 1\). (2) \(m\leq n +3\). This is a particular case of the Campana-Peternell conjecture that Fano manifolds with nef tangent bundle are rational homogeneous. The key technique is to explore the various fiber type contractions given by extremal rays and use some previous results of the author and others. To the reviewer's understanding, the assumptions are made so that there is a large number (compared to the dimension) of fiber type extremal contractions.