On exotic Fano varieties (Q809160)

Let \(V=V_{2g-2}\subset P^{g+1}\) be a Fano threefold of genus \(g\) and of index 1, and let \(\tau\) (V) be the one-dimensional family of lines on V. Let \(Z\subset V\) be a line; the normal bundle \(N_{Z/V}\) is either \({\mathcal O}\oplus {\mathcal O}(-1)\) (type A) or \(N_{Z/V}={\mathcal O}(1)\oplus {\mathcal O}(-2)\) (type B). The Fano threefold \(V=V_{2g-2}\) is called exotic if the scheme \(\tau\) (V) has a one-dimensional component of lines of type B. First examples of exotic Fano threefolds have been constructed by \textit{S. Mukai} and \textit{H. Umemura} [see Algebraic geometry, Proc. Jap.-Fr. Conf., Tokyo and Kyoto 1982, Lect. Notes Math. 1016, 490-518 (1983; Zbl 0526.14006)]; in particular they constructed an exotic Fano threefold \(V'_{22}\) of genus 12. - The author proves the following uniqueness theorem: Let \(V=V_{2g-2}\) be an exotic Fano threefold of genus \(g=10\) or 12. Then \(g=12\) and V coincides with the threefold \(V'_{22}\).