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Characterizations of projective spaces and hyperquadrics

Algebraic Geometry 2010-12-24 v1

Abstract

In this paper we prove that if the r-th tensor power of the tangent bundle of a smooth projective variety X contains the determinant of an ample vector bundle of rank at least r, then X is isomorphic either to a projective space or to a smooth quadric hypersurface.

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@article{arxiv.1012.5238,
  title  = {Characterizations of projective spaces and hyperquadrics},
  author = {Druel Stéphane and Paris Matthieu},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1012.5238},
  year   = {2010}
}

Comments

Supersedes the paper arXiv:1009.1247v2 by the second named author

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