On the discriminant locus of a Lagrangian fibration

Abstract

Let $X\to {\P }^n$ be an irreducible holomorphic symplectic manifold of dimension $2n$ fibred over ${\P }^n$. Matsushita proved that the generic fibre is a holomorphic Lagrangian abelian variety. In this article we study the discriminant locus $\Delta \subset {\P }^n$ parametrizing singular fibres. Our main result is a formula for the degree of $\Delta$, leading to bounds on the degree when $X$ is a four-fold.

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