Rational curves of minimal degree and characterizations of projective spaces

DOI10.1007/S00208-006-0775-2zbMATH Open1109.14032arXivmath/0410584OpenAlexW2031125293MaRDI QIDQ2498482FDOQ2498482

Authors: Carolina Araujo 

Publication date: 16 August 2006

Published in: Mathematische Annalen (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: In this paper we investigate complex uniruled varieties $X$ whose rational curves of minimal degree satisfy a special property. Namely, we assume that the tangent directions to such curves at a general point $xinX$ form a linear subspace of $T_{x}X$. As an application of our main result, we give a unified geometric proof of Mori's, Wahl's, Campana-Peternell's and Andreatta-Wi'sniewski's characterizations of ${mathbbP}^n$.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/math/0410584

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Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Vector bundles on surfaces and higher-dimensional varieties, and their moduli (14J60) (n)-folds ((n>4)) (14J40)

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