Smooth maximal-index conjecture for Calabi-Yau varieties

Let s0=2s_0=2 and sr+1=s0sr+1s_{r+1}=s_0\cdots s_r+1 be Sylvester's sequence. A smooth, projective Calabi-Yau nn-fold is a smooth projective variety with KXQ0K_X\sim_{\mathbb Q}0, and its index is the smallest positive integer mm such that mKX0mK_X\sim0.

Smooth maximal-index conjecture. The largest possible index of any smooth, projective Calabi-Yau nn-fold is

(sn11)(2sn13).(s_{n-1}-1)(2s_{n-1}-3).

The constructed varieties attain this value, so the conjecture would identify their index as maximal. It is a smooth-case consequence of the analogous conjecture for terminal Calabi-Yau varieties and remains open in general.

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Jas Singh, “Smooth Calabi-Yau varieties with large index and Betti numbers”, arXiv:2502.07031 (2026).

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