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Duality and integrability on contact Fano manifolds

Algebraic Geometry 2021-02-16 v2

Abstract

We address the problem of classification of contact Fano manifolds. It is conjectured that every such manifold is necessarily homogeneous. We prove that the Killing form, the Lie algebra grading and parts of the Lie bracket can be read from geometry of an arbitrary contact manifold. Minimal rational curves on contact manifolds (or contact lines) and their chains are the essential ingredients for our constructions. Along the way we collect several facts about bundles of projective lines admitting a contractible section, which might be of independent interest.

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@article{arxiv.1002.0698,
  title  = {Duality and integrability on contact Fano manifolds},
  author = {Jarosław Buczyński},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1002.0698},
  year   = {2021}
}

Comments

Dedicated in memory of Marcin Hauzer. 23 pages. v2 consolidates the published article and its erratum available at https://www.mimuw.edu.pl/~jabu/CV/publications/contact_errata.pdf