Examples of Calabi–Yau 3-Folds of ℙ7 with ρ = 1

Abstract

Abstract. We give some examples of Calabi–Yau 3-folds with $\rho =1$ and $\rho =2$, defined over $\mathbb{Q}$ and constructed as 4-codimensional subvarieties of ${{\mathbb{P}}^{7}}$ via commutative algebra methods. We explain how to deduce their Hodge diamond and top Chern classes from computer based computations over some finite field ${{\mathbb{F}}_{p}}$. Three of our examples (of degree 17 and 20) are new. The two others (degree 15 and 18) are known, and we recover their well-known invariants with ourmethod. These examples are built out of Gulliksen–Neg°ard and Kustin–Miller complexes of locally free sheaves.Finally, we give two new examples of Calabi–Yau 3-folds of ${{\mathbb{P}}^{6}}$ of degree 14 and 15 (defined over $\mathbb{Q}$). We show that they are not deformation equivalent to Tonoli's examples of the same degree, despite the fact that they have the same invariants $({{H}^{3}},{{c}_{2}}.H,{{c}_{3}})$ and $\rho =1$.