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Quasi-elementary contractions of Fano manifolds

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 November 2008

Cinzia Casagrande*
Affiliation:
Dipartimento di Matematica, Università di Pisa, Largo B. Pontecorvo 5, 56127 Pisa, Italy (email: [email protected])
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Abstract

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Let X be a smooth complex Fano variety. We study ‘quasi-elementary’ contractions of fiber type of X, which are a natural generalization of elementary contractions of fiber type. If f:XY is such a contraction, then the Picard numbers satisfy ρXρY+ρF, where F is a general fiber of f. We show that, if dim Y ≤3 and ρY≥4, then Y is smooth and Fano; if moreover ρY≥6, then X is a product. This yields sharp bounds on ρX when dim X=4 and X has a quasi-elementary contraction of fiber type, and other applications in higher dimensions.

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Research Article
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