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Journal of Algebraic Geometry

Journal of Algebraic Geometry

Online ISSN 1534-7486; Print ISSN 1056-3911

   
 
 

 

Holomorphic maps from rational homogeneous spaces onto projective manifolds


Author: Chi-Hin Lau
Journal: J. Algebraic Geom. 18 (2009), 223-256
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1090/S1056-3911-08-00507-9
Published electronically: March 27, 2008
MathSciNet review: 2475814
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Abstract:

In [Math. Ann. 142, 453-468], Remmert and Van de Ven conjectured that if $X$ is the image of a surjective holomorphic map from $\mathbb {P}^n$, then $X$ is biholomorphic to $\mathbb {P}^n$. This conjecture was proved by Lazarsfeld [Lect. Notes Math. 1092 (1984), 29-61] using Mori’s proof of Hartshorne’s conjecture [Ann. Math. 110 (1979), 593-606]. Then Lazarsfeld raised a more general problem, which was completely answered in the positive by Hwang and Mok.

Theorem 1 ([Invent. math. 136 (1999), 209-231] and [Asian J. Math. 8 (2004), 51-63]). Let $S=G/P$ be a rational homogeneous manifold of Picard number $1$. For any surjective holomorphic map $f:S\to X$ to a projective manifold $X$, either $X$ is a projective space, or $f$ is a biholomorphism.

The aim of this article is to give a generalization of Theorem 1. We will show that modulo canonical projections, Theorem 1 is true when $G$ is simple without the assumption on Picard number. We need to find a dominating and generically unsplit family of rational curves which are of positive degree with respect to a given nef line bundle on $X$. Such a family may not exist in general, but we will prove its existence under a certain assumption which is applicable in our situation.


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Chi-Hin Lau
Affiliation: Department of Mathematics, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, Hong Kong
Address at time of publication: Korea Institute for Advanced Study, 207-43 Cheongryangri-dong, Seoul 130-012, Korea
Email: chlau@math.cuhk.edu.hk, chlau@kias.re.kr

Received by editor(s): December 13, 2006
Received by editor(s) in revised form: October 26, 2007
Published electronically: March 27, 2008