Quasi-elementary contractions of Fano manifolds

DOI10.1112/S0010437X08003679zbMATH Open1158.14037arXiv0704.3912OpenAlexW2963499112MaRDI QIDQ3548629FDOQ3548629

Authors: C. Casagrande 

Publication date: 16 December 2008

Published in: Compositio Mathematica (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: Let X be a smooth complex Fano variety. We define and study 'quasi elementary' contractions of fiber type f: X -> Y. These have the property that rho(X) is at most rho(Y)+rho(F), where rho is the Picard number and F is a general fiber of f. In particular any elementary extremal contraction of fiber type is quasi elementary. We show that if Y has dimension at most 3 and Picard number at least 4, then Y is smooth and Fano; if moreover rho(Y) is at least 6, then X is a product. This yields sharp bounds on rho(X) when dim(X)=4 and X has a quasi elementary contraction, and other applications in higher dimensions.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/0704.3912

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zbMATH Keywords

Fano varietiesPicard rankquasi-elementary contractions

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

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

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