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Geometry and Algebra of Prime Fano 3-folds of Genus 12

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The connection between these Fano 3-folds and plane quartic curves is explained.

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Schreyer, FO. Geometry and Algebra of Prime Fano 3-folds of Genus 12. Compositio Mathematica 127, 297–319 (2001). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1017529016445

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