On linear sections of the spinor tenfold II

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Main Authors: Liu, Yingqi, Manivel, Laurent
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author Liu, Yingqi
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Manivel, Laurent
contents Following previous work by A. Kuznetsov, we study the Fano manifolds obtained as linear sections of the spinor tenfold in $\mathbb{P}^{15}$. Up to codimension three there are finitely many such sections, up to projective equivalence. In codimension four there are three moduli, and this family is particularly interesting because of its relationship with Kummer surfaces on the one hand, and a grading of the exceptional Lie algebra $\mathfrak{e}_8$ on the other hand. We show how the two approaches are intertwined, and we prove that codimension four sections of the spinor tenfolds and Kummer surfaces have the very same GIT moduli space. The Lie theoretic viewpoint provides a wealth of additional information. In particular we locate and study the unique section admitting an action of $SL_2\times SL_2$; similarly to the Mukai-Umemura variety in the family of prime Fano threefold of genus 12, it is a compactification of a quotient by a finite group.
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Liu, Yingqi
Manivel, Laurent
Algebraic Geometry
Following previous work by A. Kuznetsov, we study the Fano manifolds obtained as linear sections of the spinor tenfold in $\mathbb{P}^{15}$. Up to codimension three there are finitely many such sections, up to projective equivalence. In codimension four there are three moduli, and this family is particularly interesting because of its relationship with Kummer surfaces on the one hand, and a grading of the exceptional Lie algebra $\mathfrak{e}_8$ on the other hand. We show how the two approaches are intertwined, and we prove that codimension four sections of the spinor tenfolds and Kummer surfaces have the very same GIT moduli space. The Lie theoretic viewpoint provides a wealth of additional information. In particular we locate and study the unique section admitting an action of $SL_2\times SL_2$; similarly to the Mukai-Umemura variety in the family of prime Fano threefold of genus 12, it is a compactification of a quotient by a finite group.
title On linear sections of the spinor tenfold II
topic Algebraic Geometry
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2504.21056