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On the automorphism groups of smooth Fano threefolds

Algebraic Geometry 2024-08-15 v2 Algebraic Topology

Abstract

Let X\mathcal{X} be a smooth Fano threefold over the complex numbers of Picard rank 11 with finite automorphism group. We give numerical restrictions on the order of the automorphism group Aut(X)\mathrm{Aut}(\mathcal{X}) provided the genus g(X)10g(\mathcal{X})\leq 10 and X\mathcal{X} is not an ordinary smooth Gushel-Mukai threefold. More precisely, we show that the order Aut(X)|\mathrm{Aut}(\mathcal{X})| divides a certain explicit number depending on the genus of X\mathcal{X}. We use a classification of Fano threefolds in terms of complete intersections in homogeneous varieties and the previous paper of A. Gorinov and the author regarding the topology of spaces of regular sections.

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@article{arxiv.2406.03584,
  title  = {On the automorphism groups of smooth Fano threefolds},
  author = {Nikolay Konovalov},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2406.03584},
  year   = {2024}
}

Comments

47 pages. Comments welcome. v2: Section 7 is reworked and minor changes in some other places