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Instanton bundles on Fano threefolds

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We introduce the notion of an instanton bundle on a Fano threefold of index 2. For such bundles we give an analogue of a monadic description and discuss the curve of jumping lines. The cases of threefolds of degree 5 and 4 are considered in a greater detail.

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Kuznetsov, A. Instanton bundles on Fano threefolds. centr.eur.j.math. 10, 1198–1231 (2012). https://doi.org/10.2478/s11533-012-0055-1

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