All varieties here isare defined over the field of complex numbernumbers. Let $X$ be a normal projective irreducible variety and let $Y$ be a projective irreducible variety. Suppose that there is a bijective morphism $f : X \to Y$. This does not imply that $Y$ is normal. One can easily construct a counterexample for the curve case.
My question is:
Is it true if $Y$ is regular in codimension 1?
Is there any extra condition guaranteethat guarantees normality of $Y$?
I searched somefor related questions, and there are answers such as
Checking whether a variety is normal ,
but I cannot find or prove a method working onthat works for my situation. In my problem, finding local defining equations is almost impossible.
Edit: One of motivationthe motivations for this question is a kind of inverse problem of Zariski's main theorem. Suppose that $g : X \to Y$ is a morphism between projective varieties with connected fiber from normal variety $X$. By taking Stein factorization, we can reduce the problem to the situation ofpresented by this question.