Time: 16:30, September 10, 2026

Place: Room 612, Building A6

Online Zoom link:  https://zoom.us/j/99636681387?pwd=0WscBnehOJig68SqctGluVuA3RwraE.1

Abstract: We will consider some unexpected and non-trivial examples of Fano and hyperkahler manifolds and explain their interactions. Classical results by Beauville-Donagi, Lehn-Lehn-Sorger-van Straten associate a hyperkahler variety to a cubic fourfold. Recently, Flapan-Macrì-O’Grady-Saccà constructed Fano varieties from hyperkahler varieties.

I will explain the latter construction and how to compute the Hodge numbers of a Fano 8-fold obtained in this way.