On the Picard number of Fano 6-folds with a non-small extremal contraction

DOI10.1016/J.JPAA.2019.106252MaRDI QIDQ2301984zbMATH OpenOpenAlexWikidataFDO

Authors Taku Suzuki

Publication date 25 February 2020

Published in Journal of Pure and Applied Algebra (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1703.07700

zbMATH Keywords

Fano manifoldsMukai's conjecturePicard numberpseudo-indexrational curves

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Minimal model program (Mori theory, extremal rays) (14E30) Fano varieties (14J45)

Abstract: A generalization of S. Mukai's conjecture says that if $X$ is a Fano $n$-fold with Picard number $h{o}_X$ and pseudo-index $i_X$, then $h{o}_X(i_X-1)leqn$, with equality if and only if $Xcong(mathbb{P}^{i_X-1}{)}^{h{o}_X}$. In this paper, we prove that this conjecture holds if $n=6$ and either $X$ admits a contraction of fiber type or $X$ admits no small contractions.

Review text

Let \(X\) be a Fano \(n\)-fold and let \(\rho_X\) denote its Picard rank. A generalisation of Mukai's conjecture due to \textit{L. Bonavero} et al. [Comment. Math. Helv. 78, No. 3, 601--626 (2003; Zbl 1044.14019)] states that \[ \rho_X(i_X-1)\leq n \] with equality precisely when \(X\simeq (\mathbb P^{i_X-1})^{\rho_X}\), where \(i_X\) denotes the minimum anticanonical degree of a rational curve on \(X\). Several special cases of the conjecture are known. The paper under review shows that the conjecture holds when \(n=6\), \(X\) admits no unsplit dominating family of rational curves, and \(X\) admits either an extremal contraction of fibre type, or \(X\) admits no small extremal contraction. The proof relies on a careful analysis of possible families of rational curves on a Fano \(6\)-fold.

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