On the Picard number of singular Fano varieties

DOI10.1093/IMRN/RNS236MaRDI QIDQ2878698zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Gloria Della Noce

Publication date 5 September 2014

Published in IMRN. International Mathematics Research Notices (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1202.1154

zbMATH Keywords

canonical singularitiesFano varietiesPicard number

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Divisors, linear systems, invertible sheaves (14C20) Minimal model program (Mori theory, extremal rays) (14E30) Fano varieties (14J45)

Abstract: Let X be a Q-factorial Gorenstein Fano variety. Suppose that the singularities of X are canonical and that the locus where they are non-terminal has dimension zero. Let D be a prime divisor of X. We show that rho_X - rho_D < 9 (where rho is the Picard number). Moreover, if rho_X - rho_D > 3, there exists a finite morphism from X to S x Y, where S is a surface with rho_S at most 9. As an application we prove that, if X has dimension 3, then rho_X is at most 10.

Review text

A normal projective variety \(X\) is called Fano if there exists some \(n \in \mathbb{N}\) such that \(-nK_X\) is an ample Cartier divisor. Let \(N_1(X)\) be the \(\mathbb{R}\)-vector space of 1-cycles on \(X\) with real coefficients modulo numerical equivalence. The dimension of \(N_1(X)\) is called the Picard number of \(X\) and is denoted by \(\rho(X)\). It is known that if \(X\) is smooth of dimension 2, then \(\rho(X)\leq 9\) and if \(X\) is smooth of dimension 3 then \(\rho(X)\leq 10\).NEWLINENEWLINEIn this paper, the author studies the Picard number \(\rho(X)\) of a \(\mathbb{Q}\)-factorial Gorenstein Fano variety of dimension n defined over an algebraically closed field of characteristic zero such that \(X\) has canonical singularities with at most finitely many nonterminal singularities. It is shown that for any prime divisor \(D\subset X\), \(\rho(X)-\rho(D) \leq 8\). This result was proved in the case when \(X\) is a smooth Fano variety by \textit{C. Casagrande} in [Ann. Sci. Éc. Norm. Supér. (4) 45, No. 3, 363--403 (2012; Zbl 1267.14050)]. The method that the author uses to prove this result is heavily based on the one used by C. Cazagrande in the aforementioned paper to prove the smooth case. This inequality could in principle be used to obtain bounds for \(\rho(X)\) by using inductive arguments on the dimension.NEWLINENEWLINEAs an application the author shows that if \(X\) is a three dimensional \(\mathbb{Q}\)-factorial Gorenstein Fano variety defined over an algebraically closed field of characteristic zero such that \(X\) has canonical singularities with at most finitely many nonterminal singularities then \(\rho(X)\leq 10\).

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