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Fano manifolds of coindex three admitting nef tangent bundle

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We prove that any Fano manifold of coindex three admitting nef tangent bundle is homogeneous.

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Watanabe, K. Fano manifolds of coindex three admitting nef tangent bundle. Geom Dedicata 210, 165–178 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10711-020-00538-2

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