Kawakami–Totaro conjecture on endomorphisms of Fano varieties of Picard number 1

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Let XX be a smooth Fano variety of Picard number ρ(X)=1\rho(X)=1 over an algebraically closed field of characteristic zero. An endomorphism of degree greater than 11 is a self-map of XX whose degree is greater than 11. Kawakami–Totaro conjecture. If XX admits an endomorphism of degree greater than 11, then

XPn.X\simeq \mathbb P^n.

The conjecture predicts that projective space is the only smooth Fano variety of Picard number 11 admitting a self-map of degree greater than 11. The supplied text does not state whether the conjecture is resolved.

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Jiahe Wang, “Families of smooth Fano fourfolds of Picard rank 1 without Bott vanishing”, arXiv:2606.13466 (2026).

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