arXiv · 2512.20315
Weak Fano threefolds arising as the blowup of a hyperquadric in $\mathbb{P}^4$ along a curve
Abstract
We characterize smooth irreducible curves $C$ on a smooth hyperquadric $Y$ of $\mathbb{P}^4$ such that the blowup of $Y$ along $C$ is a weak Fano threefold. These are precisely the smooth irreducible curves $C$ of degree $d$ and genus $g$ lying on a smooth hypercubic section of $Y$ such that (i) $C$ has no 4-secant line and no 7-secant conic; (ii) $d< 18$ and $(g,d)\not \in \{(4,7),\:(10, 11)\}$; (iii) either $3d-26<g\leq\frac{d^2-1}{12}$ or $(g,d)\in \{(4,6),\:(13,12)\}$. We prove the geometric realizability of each case, thereby proving the existence of weak Fano threefolds and Sarkisov links constructed from them, which were previously known only as numerical possibilities.
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Anne Schnattinger. 2025-12-23. Weak Fano threefolds arising as the blowup of a hyperquadric in $\mathbb{P}^4$ along a curve. https://arxiv.org/abs/2512.20315
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