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Birational rigidity is not an open property

Algebraic Geometry 2007-05-23 v1

Abstract

We construct an example of the birationally rigid complete intersection of a quadric and a cubic in \PA5\PA^5 with an ordinary double point, which under a small deformation gives a non-rigid Fano variety. Thus we show that birational rigidity is not open in moduli.

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@article{arxiv.math/0612159,
  title  = {Birational rigidity is not an open property},
  author = {I. A. Cheltsov and M. M. Grinenko},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:math/0612159},
  year   = {2007}
}

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26 pages