Questions tagged [fano-varieties]
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How does one prove that the complete intersection of a quadric and a cubic of $\mathbb P^5$ is unirational?
The question is stated in the title, but I would like to add some motivation.
I've been teaching a course on complex tori and abelian varieties this semester and I would like to end it by showing ...
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symplectic form on an algebraic family
I know that smooth Fano varieties over $\mathbb{C}$ may be classified into a finite number of families in each dimension (1 in dimension 1, 10 in dimension 2, 105 in dimension 3 ...).
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Frobenius splitting of Fano varieties
Dear MO,
Question 1. Do you know of an example of a Fano variety which is not Frobenius split?
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(1) A variety $X$ in characteristic $p$ is called Frobenius split if there is a "$p$-th ...
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Deformation invariance of Fano varieties
Let $f:X \to T$ be a flat, projective morphism of noetherian schemes with $T$ an irreducible curve. Suppose that there exists a point $0 \in T$ such that the fiber $f^{-1}(0)$ is Fano.
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Families of Fano varieties over non-hyperbolic curves
Let $C$ be a non-hyperbolic (smooth quasi-projective connected complex algebraic) curve. That is, $C$ is isomorphic to $\mathbb P^1, \mathbb A^1, \mathbb G_m$, or an elliptic curve.
Let $f:X\to C$ be ...
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Big tangent bundle
Let $X$ be a nonsingular complex algebraic variety whose tangent bundle is $T_X$. I use Lazarsfeld's book for the definition of a big vector bundle. A line bundle $L$ is big if it has Itaka dimension ...
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Derived category of varieties and derived category of quiver algebras
I have heard that derived category of coherent sheaves $\mathrm{Coh}(X)$ on any Fano varieties $X$ may be realized as derived category $\mathrm{Coh}(\mathrm{Rep}(Q,W))$ of representation of quiver $Q$ ...
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Torsion in the cohomology of Fano varieties of lines
Let $\mathrm{X}$ be a cubic $d$-fold, and $\mathrm{F}(\mathrm{X})$ its Fano variety of lines. Is the integral cohomology of $\mathrm{F}(\mathrm{X})$ torsion-free? For $d=3$ A. Collino (`The ...
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Do all Fano threefolds have effective $c_2$?
Let $X$ be a smooth complex projective Fano threefold. Then the class $c_1(X)$ can be realised as an effective divisor in $X$. It is it true that the class $c_2(X)$ can be realised as an effective ...
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How to compute the periodic cyclic homology of this algebra
Let $k=\mathbb{C}$ be the field of complex numbers. I consider the (DG) algebra $A:=k[x]/(x^2)$ such that $\deg(x)=-1$. My question is how to compute the periodic cyclic homology, Hochschild homology ...
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Necessary condition on Calabi-Yau manfiold to be a hypersurface in a Fano manifold
Let $X$ be a smooth projective Calabi-Yau threefold. Are there any known obstructions to it
being a member of a base-point-free linear system in a nef-Fano fourfold?
What, in anything, is known ...
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Is there an Enriques–Kodaira-like classification of Fano threefolds?
I am mainly interested in varieties over an algebraic closed field $k$ (or $\mathbb{C}$). The classification of complex surface is established in the last century and known as Enriques–Kodaira ...
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Fiberwise compactification of a LG model
It is believed that a mirror of $\mathbb{CP}^2$ is a fiberwise compactification of the family $$W \colon (\mathbb{C}^\times)^2 \rightarrow \mathbb{C}, \quad (x,y)\mapsto x+y+\frac{1}{xy}.$$ Is it ...
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Pseudo-automorphisms on Fano varieties
Is every pseudo-automorphism (self-birational map which does not contract any hypersurface) of a smooth Fano variety of Picard rank $1$ equal to a biregular automorphism?
Remark: For $\mathbb{P}^n$, ...
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Cohomology of twisted holomorphic forms on Fano threefolds
Given a Fano threefold $X$, its index $ind(X)$ is the largest integer $r$ such that there exists a divisor $H$ such that $rH \cong -K_X$. Let $\mathcal{L}$ be the associated (ample) line bundle and ...
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Can free rational curves lift to ramified covers of Fano varieties?
Does there exist $X$ a smooth Fano manifold, $f: Y \to X$ a nontrivial ramified finite cover, $C \subseteq X$ a smooth very free rational curve, such that $f$ is étale over a neighborhood of $C$?
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Mirror of the autoequivalences of the derived category of del Pezzo surface?
One version of the homological mirror symmetry conjecture states that for every Fano variety $X$ there exists a Landau--Ginzburg model $W$ such that the category of B-branes on $X$ (i.e. the bounded ...
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Bound for the Picard number of a Fano 3-fold
Let $X$ be a Fano 3-fold with terminal singularities. Is there some bound (possibly explicit) for the Picard rank of $X$ ?
If $X$ is smooth, it is well-known that the bound is $10$, obtained by del ...
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Anti-canonical divisor of a Fano variety
Let $X$ be a normal projective Fano variety, that is the anti-canonical divisor $-K_X$ is ample.
For any $m>0$ let us consider the complete linear system $|-mK_X|$ and the map
$$f_{|-mK_X|}:X\...
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Rationality of $V_1$ fano threefold
In the book of Iskovskikh and Prokhorov it seems not known wether the $V_1$, an hypersurface of degree $6$ in the weighted projective space $\mathbb{P}(3,2,1,1,1)$, is rational or not. Is there any ...
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Weak Fano and Log fano varieties
A projective smooth variety $X$ is weak Fano if $-K_X$ is nef and big. We say that $X$ is log Fano is there exists a divisor $D$ such that $-(K_X+D)$ is ample and $(X,D)$ is Kawamata log terminal.
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Toric Fano manifolds with Picard number 1
As far as I know, toric Fano manifolds are classified only up to dimension 4. In dimension one the projective line is the only example. In dimension two we have five examples: $\mathbb P ^2$, $\mathbb ...
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Fano varieties of cubic threefolds
Let $X$ be a smooth cubic threefold over $\mathbb{C}$. Let $F(X)$ denote the Fano variety of lines in $X$, which is a smooth surface of general type.
Is this class of surfaces distingushed ...
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Fano blow ups of $\mathbb CP^n$
Let $X$ be a smooth complex variety. Is it always possible to find an embedding $\varphi: X\to \mathbb CP^n$ for some $n$, such that the blow up of $\mathbb CP^n$ at $\varphi(X)$ is a Fano variety?
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Equations for conic del Pezzo surfaces of degree one
Let $X$ be a del Pezzo surface of degree one over a field $k$ of characteristic not $2$ equipped with a conic bundle $\pi: X \rightarrow \mathbb{P}^1$. By Theorem 5.6 of this paper, $X$ admits a ...
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McLean theorem for Fano varieties?
Well-known McLean theorem states that deformations of special Lagrangian $L$ submanifolds in Calabi-Yau manifold are unobstructed and in bijection with harmonic 1-forms on $L$. The proof relies on the ...
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Formula for genus of a Fano variety
This is a simple question, just looking for a reference for a formula.
As far I understand the genus of a prime Fano $n$-fold is defined to be the genus of a complete intersection of $n-1$ smooth ...
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Varieties with big anti-canonical divisor
I recently heard about the following problem:
Let $X$ be a projective variety with klt singularities and such that $-K_X$ is big. Is $X$ a Mori Dream Space ?
Now, $-K_X$ big if and only if $-K_X -\...
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Mirror symmetry for blowups of the projective plane
Let $S$ be a blowup of the projective plane $\mathbb{CP}^2$ at $n$ points. When $n\le 9$, Auroux, Katzarkov and Orlov showed that them a mirror Landau-Ginzburg model is given by a certain elliptic ...
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Picard groups of Fano varieties in positive characteristic
Let $k$ be an algebraically closed field of characteristic $p \geq 0$. Let $X$ be a smooth Fano variety over $k$ and let $\ell \neq p$ be a prime.
Is the natural morphism $\mathrm{Pic}(X) \otimes \...
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Irrational Fano threefold whose intermediate Jacobian is Jacobian of curve
Clemens-Griffiths criterion for 3-fold says that if a smooth projective threefold $X/\mathbb C$ is rational, then the intermediate Jacobian $J(X)$ is isomorphic to product of Jacobians $J(C_1)\times \...
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Blow-up of $\mathbb{P}^4$ along a quadric surface
Let $Q\subset\mathbb{P}^3\subset\mathbb{P}^4$ be a smooth quadric surface, and let $X = Bl_Q\mathbb{P}^4$ the blow-up of $\mathbb{P}^4$ along $Q$. Let $H$ be the pull-back of the hyperplane section of ...
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Toric Fano Kahler manifolds and Delzant polytopes
Let $P$ be a Delzant polytope in $\mathbb R^n$, given by a set of inequalities $\ell_i(x) > 0$ where $\ell_i(x) = \sum_k \mu_k^i x_k - \lambda_i$.
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Auto-equivalences of non-trivial components of derived category of $X_{18}$
Let $X:=X_{18}$ be an index one smooth prime Fano threefold of degree 18.
Consider its semi-orthogonal decomposition: $D^b(X)=\langle\mathcal{O}_X,\mathcal{E}^{\vee},\mathcal{A}_X\rangle=\langle\...
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Kodaira vanishing + simple connectedness implies Fano
To avoid monkey business, let $X$ be a smooth complex projective variety of dimension $m$. As usual, $K_X$ is its canonical line bundle. Let us further assume that $X$ is simply-connected and the ...
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Formula for bound on number of smooth projective toric Fano varieties of dimension n
In dimension 1, the only smooth projective toric Fano variety is $\mathbb{P}^1$. In dimension $2$, there are 5: $\mathbb{P}^1\times \mathbb{P}^1$, and then successive blow-ups of $\mathbb{P}^2$ at up ...
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Integrable systems with Fano phase space?
What are some known examples of finite-dimensional integrable systems with symplectic Fano phase space?
Here by integrable system we mean a symplectic manifold $(X,
\omega)$ of dimension $2n$ with $...
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Automorphism of moduli space of stable vector bundles over a curve
Let $C$ be a smooth genus two hyperelliptic curve and $\mathcal{M}_C$ be a moduli space of stable rank two vector bundles of fixed degree(or fixed determinant). Then is $\mathrm{Aut}(\mathcal{M}_C)\...
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Semiorthogonal decompositions for Fano 3-folds and 4folds
Let $X$ be a projective Fano 3-fold or 4-fold and let $D^b(X)$ be the bounded derived category of coherent sheaves on $X$. For what $X$ is it known a semi orthogonal decomposition into indecomposable ...
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Semi-orthogonal decomposition for maximally non-factorial Fano threefolds
Let $X$ be a nodal maximally non-factorial Fano threefold. If there is $1$-node and no other singularities, they by the work of Kuznetsov-Shinder https://arxiv.org/pdf/2207.06477.pdf Lemma 6.18, $D^b(...
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Existence of constant scalar curvature Kahler metrics on projective manifolds
It is well known that the blow-up of $\mathbb P^2$ in one or two points does not accept a Kahler-Einstein metric. Kahler-Einstein metrics are particular cases of constant scalar curvature Kahler ...
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Are weak Fano 4-folds with canonical Gorenstein singularities bounded?
A Fano variety over $\mathbb{C}$ with Gorenstein singularity is called weak Fano if the anti-canonical divisor is nef and big.
Are there finite families of weak Fano 4-folds with canonical ...
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Quotient of a Fano variety by a torus
We work over an algebraically closed field of characteristic zero. Let $X$ be a Fano variety, and $T\cong \mathbb{G}_m^r$ a torus acting faithfully on $X$.
I think we can canonically linearize the ...
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How to check that exceptional sequence of vector bundles on Fano variety is helix foundation
Let $X$ be smooth Fano variety with $\operatorname{Pic}(X) = \mathbb{Z}$ of dimension $m$ with canonical class $K$, and $E_0,...,E_n$ is exceptional sequence of $(n+1)$ vector bundles in $D^b(Coh(X))$....
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Components of Kontsevich moduli space of stable maps and multiple covers
Let $X\subset \mathbb P^n$ be a smooth projective variety over $\mathbb C$ which is Fano and $M_{0,0}(X,e)$ the (projective) Kontsevich moduli space of rational cuves of degree $e>1$. Is it ...
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Are varieties with negative Kodaira dimension covered by hyperkahlers
Let $X$ be a smooth projective variety with negative Kodaira dimension over $\mathbb{C}$.
Is there an integer $n\geq 1$, a smooth projective hyperkahler variety $H$, and a finite morphism $H\to X^n$?
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K3 surfaces in Fano threefolds
By K3 surfaces and Fano threefolds, I mean smooth ones.
If a K3 surface $S$ is an anticanonical section of a Fano threefold $V$ of Picard rank one (hence, $Pic(V)=\mathbb Z H_V$ for some ample divisor ...
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A K3 cover over a Del Pezzo surface
Let $V \rightarrow \mathbb P^2$ be the blow-up at two distinct points. ($V$ is a Del Pezzo surface of degree 7.)
Choose a smooth curve $C$ from the linear system $|-2K_V|$ and let $S \rightarrow V$ be ...
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How to distinguish the singularities on moduli space?
Let me start with concrete examples. Let $X$ be a smooth special Gushel-Mukai threefold and $\mathcal{C}(X)$ be its honest Fano surface of conics, it has two irreducible components $\mathcal{C}(X)=\...
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Are two versions of Kuznetsov components equivalent?
Let $X$ be a degree $10$, genus $6$ index $1$ and Picard number $1$ smooth Fano threefold. There are two versions of Semi-orthogonal decompositions. The First version is $$D^b(X)=\langle\mathrm{Ku}(X)...
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