Sommese's classification conjecture for manifolds containing an ample projective-space bundle

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Let XX be a smooth projective variety and let Y⊂XY\subset X be a smooth ample divisor. Suppose that p:Y→Zp:Y\to Z exhibits YY as a Pd\mathbb{P}^d-bundle over a bb-dimensional smooth variety ZZ. Sommese's conjecture. One of the following holds:

  1. X≃P3X\simeq\mathbb{P}^3, Y≃P1×P1Y\simeq\mathbb{P}^1\times\mathbb{P}^1 is a smooth quadric, and pp is one of the projections to P1\mathbb{P}^1.
  2. X≃Q3⊂P4X\simeq Q^3\subset\mathbb{P}^4 is a smooth quadric threefold, Y≃P1×P1Y\simeq\mathbb{P}^1\times\mathbb{P}^1 is a hyperplane section, and pp is a projection to one of the factors.
  3. Y≃P1×PbY\simeq\mathbb{P}^1\times\mathbb{P}^b, Z≃PbZ\simeq\mathbb{P}^b, p:Y→Zp:Y\to Z is the projection to the second factor, and XX is the projectivization of an ample vector bundle E\mathscr{E} on P1\mathbb{P}^1.
  4. X≃P(E)X\simeq\mathbb{P}(\mathscr{E}) for an ample vector bundle E\mathscr{E} on ZZ, and OX(Y)≃OP(E)(1)\mathscr{O}_X(Y)\simeq\mathscr{O}_{\mathbb{P}(\mathscr{E})}(1), so YY is a fiberwise hyperplane.

This is a classification conjecture for smooth projective varieties containing an ample divisor that is a projective-space bundle. The case d≥2d\geq 2 is known, as are the cases d=1d=1 and b=1,2b=1,2; the paper proves the case ρ(Z)=1\rho(Z)=1 and reduces the general case to a further conjecture.

References

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Daniel Litt, “Manifolds Containing an Ample P^1-bundle”, arXiv:1602.00716 (2016).

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