Primitive Calabi-Yau Threefolds

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1995-12-04

arxiv.org/abs/alg-geom/9512002v1

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Algebraic Geometry

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A primitive Calabi-Yau threefold is a non-singular Calabi-Yau threefold which cannot be written as a crepant resolution of a singular fibre of a degeneration of Calabi-Yau threefolds. These should be thought as the most basic Calabi-Yau manifolds; all others should arise through degenerations of these. This paper first continues the study of smoothability of Calabi-Yau threefolds with canonical singularities begun in the author's previous paper, ``Deforming Calabi-Yau Threefolds.'' (alg-geom 9506022). If X' is a non-singular Calabi-Yau threefold, and f:X'->X is a contraction of a divisor to a curve, we obtain results on when X is smoothable. We then discuss applications of this result to the classification of primitive Calabi-Yau threefolds. Combining the deformation theoretic results of this paper with those of ``Deforming Calabi-Yau Threefolds,'' we obtain strong restrictions on the class of primitive Calabi-Yau threefolds. We also speculate on how such work might yield results on connecting together all moduli spaces of Calabi-Yau threefolds.

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