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Morphisms from a very general hypersurface

Algebraic Geometry 2025-08-26 v6

Abstract

Let XX be a very general hypersurface of degree dd in the projective (n+1)(n+1)-space with n3n \ge 3, and f:XYf: X \to Y a non-birational surjective morphism to a normal projective variety YY. We first prove that YY is a klt Fano variety if degfC{\rm deg} \, f \ge C for some constant C=C(n,d)C = C(n, d) depending only on nn and dd. Next we prove an optimal upper bound degfdegX{\rm deg} \, f \le {\rm deg} \, X provided that YY is factorial, degf{\rm deg} \, f is prime and degfE(n){\rm deg} \, f \ge E(n) for some constant E(n)E(n) (with E(n)=n(n+1)E(n) = n(n+1) when YY is smooth). As a corollary, we show that YPnY\cong {\bf P}^n under some conditions on YY and degf{\rm deg} \, f.

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@article{arxiv.1908.06894,
  title  = {Morphisms from a very general hypersurface},
  author = {Yongnam Lee and Yujie Luo and De-Qi Zhang},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1908.06894},
  year   = {2025}
}

Comments

minor changes; slightly re-ordered the sections; Pure and Applied Mathematics Quarterly (to appear, James McKernan's issue)

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