Fano 4-folds with a small contraction

DOI10.1016/J.AIM.2022.108492zbMATH Open1495.14060arXiv2106.09264OpenAlexW3167107344MaRDI QIDQ2155188FDOQ2155188

Authors: C. Casagrande 

Publication date: 15 July 2022

Published in: Advances in Mathematics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: Let X be a smooth complex Fano 4-fold. We show that if X has a small elementary contraction, then the Picard number rho(X) of X is at most 12. This result is based on a careful study of the geometry of X, on which we give a lot of information. We also show that in the boundary case rho(X)=12 an open subset of X has a smooth fibration with fiber the projective line. Together with previous results, this implies if X is a Fano 4-fold with rho(X)>12, then every elementary contraction of X is divisorial and sends a divisor to a surface. The proof is based on birational geometry and the study of families of rational curves. More precisely the main tools are: the study of families of lines in Fano 4-folds and the construction of divisors covered by lines, a detailed study of fixed prime divisors, the properties of the faces of the effective cone, and a detailed study of rational contractions of fiber type.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/2106.09264

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zbMATH Keywords

birational geometrysmall contractionFano 4-folds

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Fano varieties (14J45) Minimal model program (Mori theory, extremal rays) (14E30) (4)-folds (14J35)

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