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Derived categories view on rationality problems

Algebraic Geometry 2018-09-05 v1

Abstract

We discuss a relation between the structure of derived categories of smooth projective varieties and their birational properties. We suggest a possible definition of a birational invariant, the derived category analogue of the intermediate Jacobian, and discuss its possible applications to the geometry of prime Fano threefolds and cubic fourfolds.

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@article{arxiv.1509.09115,
  title  = {Derived categories view on rationality problems},
  author = {Alexander Kuznetsov},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1509.09115},
  year   = {2018}
}

Comments

Lecture notes for the CIME-CIRM summer school, Levico Terme, June 22--27, 2015; 26 pages

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