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Seshadri constants and the generation of jets

Algebraic Geometry 2009-02-18 v1

Abstract

In this paper we explore the connection between Seshadri constants and the generation of jets. It is well-known that one way to view Seshadri constants is to consider them as measuring the rate of growth of the number of jets that multiples of a line bundle generate. Here we ask, conversely, what we can say about the number of jets once the Seshadri constant is known. As an application of our results, we prove a characterization of projective space among all Fano varieties in terms of Seshadri constants.

Cite

@article{arxiv.0902.2863,
  title  = {Seshadri constants and the generation of jets},
  author = {Thomas Bauer and Tomasz Szemberg},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0902.2863},
  year   = {2009}
}