Abstract:
We classify some special classes of nonrational Fano threefolds with terminal singularities. In particular, all such hyperelliptic and trigonal varieties are found.
Citation:
Yuri G. Prokhorov, “Rationality of Fano Threefolds with Terminal Gorenstein Singularities. I”, Algebra, number theory, and algebraic geometry, Collected papers. Dedicated to the memory of Academician Igor Rostislavovich Shafarevich, Trudy Mat. Inst. Steklova, 307, Steklov Mathematical Institute of RAS, Moscow, 2019, 230–253; Proc. Steklov Inst. Math., 307 (2019), 210–231