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Terminal Fano threefolds and their smoothings

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We study smoothings of Fano threefolds. We prove that the Picard number remains constant in the case of terminal Gorenstein singularities.

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  1. Mathematisches Institut, Freie Universität Berlin, Arnimallee 3, 14195, Berlin, Germany

    Priska Jahnke

  2. Mathematisches Institut, Universität Bayreuth, 95440, Bayreuth, Germany

    Ivo Radloff

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Jahnke, P., Radloff, I. Terminal Fano threefolds and their smoothings. Math. Z. 269, 1129–1136 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00209-010-0780-8

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