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Pencils on del Pezzo surfaces

Let $X$ be the blow-up of $\mathbb{P}^2$ at three general points $p_1,p_2,p_3$, that is a del Pezzo surface of degree six, and let $\pi_i:X\rightarrow\mathbb{P}^1$ be the morphism induced by the ...
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Stable base loci and flips

Let $D_1,D_2$ be two effective divisors on o normal and $\mathbb{Q}$-factorial projective variety $X$ of Picard rank two. Assume that $D_1$ is semi-ample and that it induces a small-comtraction $f_{...
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A question on the Kodaira dimension of 3-folds

Let $X$ a smooth projective $3$-fold. Assume that $X$ admits a finite rational map $f:X\dashrightarrow Y$ where $Y$ is a smooth Calabi-Yau 3-fold, and a fibration $g:X\rightarrow \mathbb{P}^2$ with a ...
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In search for examples concerning pushforward of nef divisors and lc-trivial fibrations

My question is motivated by ideas around the moduli b-divisor of an lc-trivial fibration (see for instance the following paper by Ambro https://arxiv.org/pdf/math/0308143.pdf). In such a setup, one ...
3 votes
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Linear systems on moduli spaces of stable maps

I am studying the general theory of moduli spaces of stable maps, in particuar of the moduli spaces $\overline{M}_{0,n}(\mathbb{P}^r,d)$ of degree $d$ stable maps from a rational curve with $n$ marked ...
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Rational maps and Kodaira dimension

Let $\phi:X\dashrightarrow Y$ be a generically finite, dominant rational map between smooth projective varieties over $\mathbb{C}$. Assume that $Y$ is of general type. May we conclude then that $X$ ...
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Global section of line bundle on anti-canonical rational surface

Let $X$ be an anti-canonical rational surface(i.e. $-K_X$ is effective) such that $K_X^2\geq 1$. Let $D$ be a $r$-class divisor ($D^2=r, D^2+D.K_X=-2$, the latter condition can be re-interpreted as $\...
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Lefschetz type theorems for big and nef divisors

Let $X$ be a smooth projective variety, and $D\subset X$ a smooth nef and big divisor. Assume that the restriction map $Pic(X)\rightarrow Pic(D)$ is an isomorphism over $\mathbb{Q}$. Under which ...
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Divisor class group of quartic surfaces

Let $X\subset\mathbb{P}^3$ be a normal quartic surface with divisor class group $Cl(X)\cong\mathbb{Z}[H]$ generated by the hyperplane section. What can we say about the singularities of $X$?
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Moving curves and small transformations

Let $f:X\dashrightarrow Y$ be an isomorphism in codimension one between smooth projective varieties. Let $C\subset X$ a curve generating an extremal ray of the cone of moving curves $Mov_1(X)$, and ...
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Cone of moving curves

Let $X$ be a projective variety and $C\subset X$ be a moving curve, that is the curves numerically equivalent to $C$ cover a dense open subset of $X$. How can we detect when $C$ is an extremal ray ...
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Degree of equations of secant varieties of Veronese varieties

Let $Sec_r(V)$ be the $r$-secant variety of a Veronse variety $V\subset\mathbb{P}^N$, that is $$Sec_r(V) = \bigcup_{p_1,...,p_r\in V}\left\langle p_1,...,p_r\right\rangle\subset\mathbb{P}^N$$ where $...
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Big divisors in family

Given a family of divisors $D_t$ on varieties $X_t$, there are examples that show that bigness is not well behaved (e.g. example 2.2.13 in Positivity 1, shows we can have a special fiber where $D_0$ ...
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Picard groups and birational morphisms

Let $f:X\rightarrow Y$ be a birational morphism of projective varieties. Assume that $Pic(X)$ is a free abelian group generated by $n$ divisors $D_1,...,D_n$. Under which hypothesis on $X$ and $Y$ is ...
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Extremal rays of the effective cone

Let $X$ be a smooth projective variety with polyhedral finitely generated effective cone $Eff(X)$. Let $f:X\dashrightarrow X$ be a birational automorphism of $X$ that is an isomorphism in codimension ...
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Pull-back of the canonical divisor via a rational map

Let $f:X\dashrightarrow Y$ be a birational map between projective varieties not contracting any divisor. Assume that $X$ is smooth, and that $Y$ has at most ordinary singularities at finitely many ...
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Intersections of divisors in blow-ups of $\mathbb{P}^n$

Let $p_1,p_2,p_3\in\mathbb{P}^n$ be three general points, $X$ the blow-up of $\mathbb{P}^n$ at $p_1,p_2,p_3$, then along the lines $\left\langle p_i,p_j\right\rangle$, and finally along the plane $\...
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Number of conditions imposed by fat points to a linear system

Let $|D|$ be the linear system of degree $d$ hypersurfaces in $\mathbb{P}^n$ having multiplicity at least $m$ at $s$ general points. Then $|kD|$ is the linear system of degree $kd$ hypersurfaces in $...
2 votes
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A Decomposition for Iitaka fibration

Let $\pi: X\to Y$ be an Iitaka fibration of projective varieties $X,Y$, then is there always the following decomposition $$K_Y+\frac{1}{m!}\pi_*\mathcal O_X(m!K_{X/Y})=P+N$$ where $P$ is ...
2 votes
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Psi-classes on moduli spaces of weighted curves

Let $\overline{\mathcal{M}}_{g,A[n]}$ be the stack of weighted genus $g$ curves with weights $A[n]=(a_1,...,a_n)$, and let $\pi:\mathcal{C}\rightarrow \overline{\mathcal{M}}_{g,A[n]}$ be the universal ...
3 votes
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Sections of a linear system splitting as a product of degree one polynomials

Let $X\subset\mathbb{P}^n$ be a hypersurface of degree $d$ and with multiplicities $m_1,...,m_k$ at $p_1,...,p_k\in\mathbb{P}^n$ general points. Let $S\subseteq |\mathcal{O}_{\mathbb{P}^n}(d)|$ be ...
13 votes
1 answer
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Generalization of the rigidity lemma in birational geometry

Let $X,Y,Z$ be projective varieties, and let $f:X\rightarrow Y$, $g:X\rightarrow Z$ be dominant morphisms. Assume that all the fibers of $g$ have the same dimension and are connected. If there exists ...
2 votes
1 answer
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Inverse image of a divisor

Let $f:X\rightarrow Y$ be a morphism with connected fibers between projective varieties (not necessarily flat). Let $D\subset Y$ be an irreducible divisor. Let us look at the cycle $f^{-1}(D)\subset X$...
2 votes
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Rigid effective divisors

Let $D\subset X$ be an effective smooth divisor in a smooth projective variety $X$. Assume that $h^0(X,D)=1$. In particular $D$ spans an extremal ray of the effective cone of $X$. Now, let $f:X\...
5 votes
2 answers
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Fibrations of projective varieties

Let $f:X\rightarrow Y$ be a flat morphism of normal projective varieties with fibers of positive dimension (in particular all the fibers are connected and of the same dimension). Let $g:X\rightarrow ...
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A question on the effective cone

Let $X$ be a projective variety and $G$ a finite group acting on $X$. We consider the quotient $\pi:X\rightarrow Y :=X/G$. I'm interested in the relation between $Eff(X)$ and $Eff(Y)$. In particular,...
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Reference request: log Fano varieties

I need a reference for a proof of the following fact: let $X$ be a toric variety then $X$ is log Fano. Thanks a lot.
2 votes
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Movable Divisors

Let $X$ be a projective variety. Does anyone know an example of a movable reducible divisor $D\in Mov(X)$ such that any element in the linear system $|D|$ of $D$ is reducible?
6 votes
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Blow-ups of $\mathbb{P}^{n-3}$ and $(\mathbb{P}^1)^{n-3}$

Let us consider the points $$p_1=[1:0:...:0],p_2 = [0:1:...:0],...,p_{n-2} =[0:...:0:1],\\ p_{n-1}=[1:1:...:1]\in\mathbb{P}^{n-3}$$ and the blow-up $X = Bl_{p_1,...,p_{n-1}}\mathbb{P}^{n-3}$. ...
2 votes
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Standard plane Cremona transformation

Let us consider nine general points $p_1,...,p_9\in\mathbb{P}^2$ and the line $L = \left\langle p_1,p_2\right\rangle$. Take the standard Cremona $f_1$ centred in $p_3,p_4,p_5$, then $C_1 = f_1(L)$ is ...
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A question on klt pairs

Let $D$ be a $\mathbb{Q}$-divisor in a smooth variety $X$. In Lazarsfeld book "Positivity in Algebraic Geometry 2" I found Proposition 9.5.13 saying that if for any $x\in D$ we have $mult_xD < 1$ ...
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Small birational maps and singularities of the pair

Let $f:X\dashrightarrow Y$ be a small birational map, where $X,Y$ are normal $\mathbb{Q}$-factorial varieties. Let $\Delta_X\subset X$ be an effective $\mathbb{Q}$-divisor such that the pair $(X,\...
1 vote
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Cremona transformations

Let $f:\mathbb{P}^n_1\dashrightarrow\mathbb{P}^n_2$ be the standard Cremona transformation based on $p_1,...,p_{n+1}\in\mathbb{P}^n_1$ and $q_1,...,q_{n+1}\in\mathbb{P}^n_2$. That is, $f$ is the ...
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Big divisors and small transformations

Let $X$ be a smooth projective variety such that $-K_X$ is ample. Let $f:X\dashrightarrow Y$ be a small $\mathbb{Q}$-factorial transformation. I would like to know if is true or not that: $-K_Y$ is ...
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Dimension of image of a hyperplane section

If we have a surjective morphism $f:X\to Y$, where $X$ is $n$ dimensional projective variety and $Y$ is $m$ dimensional projective variety. If $m<n$, Can we choose a general hyperplane section $H$ ...
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Ample divisors on $\mathbb{P}^n$ blown-up at $k$ general points

Let $X$ be the blow-up of $\mathbb{P}^n$ at $k$ general points. We can assume $k\leq n+4$. Let $$D = aH-b_1E_1-...-b_kE_k$$ be a divisor on $X$. Are there conditions on $a,b_1,...,b_k$ ensuring that $...
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A question about kawamata's proof of vanishing for big and nef $\mathbb{Q}$ divisors

Theorem 2 [1, p.46] Let $X$ be a non-singular projective algebraic variety of dimension $n$, and $D$ a numerically effective $\mathbb{Q}$-divisor such that $(D^n)>0$. We assume that the support of ...
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Big and Nef divisors

In Example 2.2.19 of Lazarsfeld, Positivity in Algebraic Geometry I, I found the following statement: Let $D$ be a divisor on an irreducible projective variety $X$. Then $D$ is nef and big if and ...
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Top self-intersection of exceptional divisors

Let $Y\subset\mathbb{P}^n$ be a smooth variety of codimension two. Consider the blow-up $X = Bl_Y\mathbb{P}^n$ of $\mathbb{P}^n$ along $Y$, and let $E$ be the exceptional divisor over $Y$. Then $E$ ...
2 votes
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Divisor intersecting non-negatively the negative part of its Zariski decomposition

Hi all. I'm looking for an example of a smooth projective surface $X$ and a pseudo-effective divisor $D$ on $X$ such that when I consider the Zariski decomposition $D=P+N$ there is some component $E$ ...
2 votes
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resolution of singularities and a projection formula

Let $Y$ be a normal surface and let $p:X\longrightarrow Y$ be a resolution of singularities. Let $f$ be a rational function on $Y$. Do we have that $p_\ast$div $(d(f\circ p)) = $ div $df$ as cycles?...
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Global sections of a linear system

Recently, following Beauville's book (exercises iv.(1),(2)) I have been working on Hirzebruch surfaces (from the algebraic geometry point of view) and I had to compute the space of global sections of ...
7 votes
1 answer
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Cones, monoids, and the space of (very) ample divisors

An interesting and useful tool to study a projective variety is its ample cone. Understanding the structure of this cone reveals information about the variety, and it is an isomorphism-invariant so ...
2 votes
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Numerically rigid nef divisor

Is it possible to find an example of an $\mathbb{R}$-Cartier divisor $D$ on an irreducible variety $X$ that is non-trivial, nef, effective and numerically rigid? By "numerically rigid" I mean that ...
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Relative canonical divisors

Suppose that $X$ is a Gorenstein variety and that $\pi : Y \to X$ is a birational map of varieties with normal $Y$. In this case the relative canonical divisor is defined to be $K_Y - \pi^*K_X$ (if ...
2 votes
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About b-divisors

In the last period I have studied a number of papers of O. Fujino and F. Ambro using the language of b-divisors. So far it seems to me that every proof I have studied can be translated in the ...
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Birational pullbacks of divisors on singular varieties

Actually I have two related questions. Here is the first... Suppose $X$ is a, possibly singular, complex projective variety. Let $D$ be an effective Cartier divisor on $X$ and $x\in X$ a closed ...

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