Intersections of two Grassmannians in ℙ9
We study the intersection of two copies of embedded in , and the intersection of the two projectively dual Grassmannians in the dual projective space. These intersections are deformation equivalent, derived equivalent Calabi–Yau threefolds. We prove that generically they are not birational. As a con...
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Published in | Journal für die reine und angewandte Mathematik Vol. 2020; no. 760; pp. 133 - 162 |
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Main Authors | , , |
Format | Journal Article |
Language | English |
Published |
De Gruyter
01.03.2020
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Summary: | We study the intersection of two copies of
embedded
in
, and the intersection of the two projectively dual Grassmannians
in the dual projective space.
These intersections are deformation equivalent,
derived equivalent Calabi–Yau threefolds.
We prove that generically they are not birational.
As a consequence, we obtain a counterexample to the birational Torelli problem for
Calabi–Yau threefolds.
We also show that these threefolds give a new pair of varieties whose
classes in the Grothendieck ring of varieties are not equal, but whose difference
is annihilated by a power of the class of the affine line.
Our proof of non-birationality
involves a detailed study of the moduli stack of
Calabi–Yau threefolds of the above type, which may be of independent interest. |
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ISSN: | 0075-4102 1435-5345 |
DOI: | 10.1515/crelle-2018-0014 |