Uniqueness of complex contact structures

dc.creatorKebekus, Stefan
dc.date2000-04-16
dc.date2000-09-25
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-07T04:34:46Z
dc.date.available2026-07-07T04:34:46Z
dc.descriptionLet X be a complex Fano-manifolds with second Betti-number 1 which carries a contact structure. It follows from previous work that such a manifold can always be covered by lines. Thus, it seems natural to consider the geometry of lines in greater detail. In this brief note we show that if x in X is a general point, then all lines through x are smooth. If X is not the projective space, then the tangent spaces to lines generate the contact distribution at x. As a consequence we obtain that the contact structure on X is unique, a result previously obtained by C. LeBrun in the case that X is a twistor space.
dc.descriptionreason for resubmission: improved exposition
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/math/0004103
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/math/0004103
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/59031
dc.subjectAlgebraic Geometry
dc.subjectDifferential Geometry
dc.subjectPrimary 53C25, Secondary 14J45, 53C15
dc.titleUniqueness of complex contact structures
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