Characterizing the projective space after Cho, Miyaoka and Shepherd-Barron
Algebraic Geometry
2007-05-23 v1
Abstract
In this paper we give a short and elementary proof of a characterization of the projective space in terms of rational curves which was conjectured by Mori and Mukai. A proof was first given in a preprint by K. Cho, Y. Miyaoka and N. Shepherd-Barron. While our proof here is shorter and involves substantial technical simplifications, the essential ideas are taken from that preprint.
Cite
@article{arxiv.math/0107069,
title = {Characterizing the projective space after Cho, Miyaoka and Shepherd-Barron},
author = {Stefan Kebekus},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:math/0107069},
year = {2007}
}
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