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Tangent scrolls in prime Fano threefolds

Algebraic Geometry 2007-05-23 v1

Abstract

In this paper we prove that any smooth prime Fano threefold, different from the Mukai-Umemura threefold, contains a 1-dimensional family of intersecting lines. Combined with a result of the second author (see J. Algebr. Geom. 8:2 (1999), 221-244) this implies that any morphism from a smooth Fano threefold of index 2 to a smooth Fano threefold of index 1 must be constant, which gives an answer in dimension 3 to a question stated by Peternell.

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@article{arxiv.math/0005040,
  title  = {Tangent scrolls in prime Fano threefolds},
  author = {Atanas Iliev and Carmen Schuhmann},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:math/0005040},
  year   = {2007}
}

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19 pages, Latex

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