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Beauville Exercise VII.7 (3)-A proof that $\kappa(X)\geq \kappa(Y)$ for $f\colon X\to Y$ surjective morphism of smooth projective varieties
Here $\kappa(X)$ denotes the Kodaira dimension of a smooth projective variety $X$.
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I would like to solve Exercise VII.7 (3) from the Beauville book "Complex Algebraic Surfaces":
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Extending étale covers from the regular locus to a resolution of singularities
Let $X$ be a normal proper variety with rational singularities (or terminal if that is necessary) and $X_{\text{reg}} \to X$ the regular locus. Let $\pi : \tilde{X} \to X$ be a resolution of ...