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Characterizations of ${\mathbb P}^n$ in arbitrary characteristic

Algebraic Geometry 2007-05-23 v1

Abstract

We prove that a smooth projective variety of dimension n is isomorphic to projective n-space iff the canonical class is -(n+1)-times an ample divisor. In characteristic zero this was proved by Kobayashi-Ochiai. We also extend the second adjunction theorem of Ionescu and Fujita to arbitrary characteristic.

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@article{arxiv.math/0003230,
  title  = {Characterizations of ${\mathbb P}^n$ in arbitrary characteristic},
  author = {Yasuyuki Kachi and János Kollár},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:math/0003230},
  year   = {2007}
}

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10 pages, LaTeX