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Singularities arising from the Minimal Model Program (an algebraic point of view)

I will start the story by the end: Is there some characterization of (some of) the singularities arising from the Minimal Model Program (canonical, terminal, log-...) in terms of commutative algebra ?...
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Where does the word "log" in log pair come from?

The minimal model program works with pairs $(X,B)$ where $X$ is a variety and $B$ is a certain kind of divisor on it. I've seen these described as "logarithmic pairs". There are also "...
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Pseudo-effective divisor which is not nef in any birational model

Let $X$ be a smooth complex projective algebraic variety and let $D$ be a $\mathbb{Q}$-Cartier pseudo-effective divisor on $X$. Lets say that $D$ is birationally nef if there exists a birational ...
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Bogomolov–Miyaoka–Yau inequality for minimal varieties with intermediate Kodaira dimension $0<\kappa (X)<\dim X$

From the differential geometric proof of Yau and the algebraic proof of Miyaoka for minimal varieties of general type $\kappa (X)=\dim X$, we know that $$(-1)^nc_1^n(X)\leq (-1)^n\frac{2(n+1)}{n} c_1^...
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Restriction of the Canonical Divisor $K_X$ to a general fiber

Let $\ f:X\to Z$ be a surjective morphism between two smooth projective varieties with connected fibers $(f_*\mathcal{O}_X=\mathcal{O}_X)$. Let $F$ be a general fiber of $f$ and $\mbox{dim } F<(\...
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Semistable minimal model of a $K3$-surface and the special fibre

Suppose that $K$ is a $p$-adic field, that is a field of characteristic $0$ whose ring of integers is a complete discrete valuation ring $\mathcal O_K$ and with residue field $k$ (algebraic closed) of ...
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Are conical symplectic resolutions Mori dream spaces?

This is one of these questions where it's tempting to just leave it at the title, but let me try to define the objects in question. A conical symplectic resolution is a projective resolution of ...
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Flops connect minimal models of algebraic spaces?

According to a Kawamata's result, two projective minimal models of the same variety are connected through a sequence of flops. In particular, a birational map $f\colon X\to X'$ between Calabi-Yau ...
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Map associated to linear system onto curve is morphism

In Mumford's first paper on Surfaces in char $p$ [1], part 2 Step (II), he wants to show that, given an indecomposable curve of canonical type $D$ on a smooth projective surface $F$ with $p_g(F)=0, ...
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Minimal Model Program for sub-lc pairs

In many articles of the minimal model program the authors work with sub-lc pairs instead of lc-pairs. In other words, they consider non-necesarilly effective boundary divisors $B$. Is it expected (...
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Existence of a rational curve in the center of a birational contraction for symplectic singularities

Let $M$ be a holomorphically symplectic complex manifold, and $f: M \to X$ a holomorphic, birational contraction to a Stein variety $X$, contracting a subvariety $E$ to a point, and bijective outside ...
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Parameter spaces for conic bundles

A conic bundle over $\mathbb{P}^n$ is a morphism $\pi:X\rightarrow\mathbb{P}^n$ with fibers isomorphic to plane conics. A conic bundle $\pi:X\rightarrow\mathbb{P}^n$ is minimal if it has relative ...
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Deminormal and Gorenstein

Let X be an irreducible deminormal variety such that the normalisation is Gorenstein. Does it follow that X is also Gorenstein? for deminormal definition, see https://arxiv.org/pdf/1506.02002.pdf
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A question about the dimension of a relatively ample divisor

Suppose $f: Y \to Z$ is a projective morphism of smooth varieties with connected fibers. If an effective divisor $H$ on $Y$ is relatively ample over $Z$, and $\dim Y >\dim Z$, is $h^0(Y, mH)>1$ ...
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Kuranishi family and smoothing of Calabi-Yau n-fold

Consider $X$ be a Calabi-Yau n-fold with at most one ordinary double point singularity. Suppose $X$ is smoothable. Then it is known that the Kuranishi family of $X$ is a smoothing of $X$. Now, ...
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Example of a non-algebraic singularity II

In an answer of this MO question, Frank Loray constructed an example of analytic singularity which is not algebraic. On the other hand, as I learned from one of Joël's comments in that question, ...
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A theorem about log Calabi-Yau pairs

Let $X$ be a normal variety with $\mathbb Q$-Cartier divisor $D$, such that $K_X+D$ is $\mathbb Q$-Cartier. Let $(X,D)$ is log Calabi-Yau pair, i.e, $K_X+D\sim_\mathbb Q0$. (For example take $ X$ be a ...
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A question about potentially birational divisor

I am reading the paper "On the birational automorphisms of varieties of general type", and I have a question about the property of potentially birational divisor. Definition (potentially birational ...
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Some examples where the plurigenera are nonconstant, when the fibres have worse singularities than canonical

Let start with a definition Invariance of plurigenera: Choose $m$ large enough so that $mK_F$ has a non-zero global section for some fibre $F$. For any fibre $F$, we have $K_F = K_{X/D}~_{|F}$. So ...
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Minimal model vs canonical model of a surface

When I have a projective surface $X$, for simplicity smooth, I can find a simpler smooth surface on its binational class. In this way we find in a finite number of steps the simplest surface $Y$, i.e. ...
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Is the generalized Kummer threefold rational in characteristics 3?

Let $E_i\!: y_i^2 = x_i^3 - x_i$, $i = 1, 2, 3$ be three copies of the supersingular elliptic curve in characteristics $3$. Consider on $E_i$ the following automorphism of order $3$: $$ \sigma(x_i,...
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Finiteness of models around a non-pseudo-effective ray

Let $(X,\Delta) $ a klt pair and $\rho $ a numerical class of divisor that is not contained in the pseudo-effective cone. Let $(X,\Delta_i)$ be a sequence of klt pairs such that $K_X+\Delta_i$ is not ...
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Nefness property for symplectic equivalency of Moishezon manifolds

Definition:Two symplectic manifolds $(X,\omega_X)$ and $(Y,\omega_Y)$ are defined to be symplectically equivalent if there exists a diffeomorphism $\phi:X\to Y$ such that $\phi^∗ω_Y$ is in the same ...
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$L^2$ extension theorem

Is there an Ohsawa-Takagushi $L^2$-Extension theorem for Kahler manifolds? For projective varieties Siu-Paun proved: Let $\pi \colon X \to \mathbb D$ be a projective family of $n$-folds and $X_0$ be ...
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local description of $\mathbb{P}^2$-fibrations over $\mathbb{P}^1$

Let $X$ be a rational threefold (over the field of complex numbers) with terminal singularities. It is well-known that $X$ has only finitely many singular points $x_1,x_2, \ldots,x_n$. To be more ...
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Finiteness of rational double point

Let $(R,\mathfrak{m })$ be a three dimensional complete local ring over a field $k$ of arbitrary characteristic and let $f\in R$ and $R/f$ is a rational double point. My question is as follows. Are ...
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Canonical model and the existence of general hyperplane

A variety is a separated reduced scheme of finite type over an algebraically closed field $k$ not necessarily affine. Let $X$ be a normal variety and $X$ has only one isolated singularity at $x\in X$ ...
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Reference request The support of $f$-nef divisor

I'm seaching for a proof of the theorem below. Do you know any reference? Consider $f:X\rightarrow Y$ projective birational map between normal varieties and $\mathbb{R}$ cartier divisor $D$ whose ...
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On the definition of the relative canonical divisor

Fix a field $k$. Let $X,Y$ be normal integral $k$-schemes of finite type and $h: Y \to X$ a proper birational $k$-morphism. Moreover, assume that $X$ is Gorenstein, i.e. it admits a canonical divisor $...
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Minimal model program for toroidal pairs

Suppose $(X, \Delta)$ be a toroidal pair over $Z$ where $f:(X, \Delta) \rightarrow (Z, \Delta_Z)$ is a toroidal morphism (see https://arxiv.org/pdf/alg-geom/9707012.pdf sections 1.2, 1.3 for the ...
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descent of nef divisors

Let $f:X \rightarrow Y$ be a flat surjective morphism of complex projective varieties with connected fibers, $X$ normal, $Y$ smooth and $dim (Y) < dim(X)$. Suppose $L \in Pic (X)$ such that $L|_{X_{...
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Cone and contraction theorems for certain sub-klt pairs

Suppose $(Y,B_Y)$ is a sub-klt pair which is a birational model of a klt pair $(X,B)$: there exists a birational morphism $\pi:(Y,B_Y) \rightarrow (X,B)$ such that $\pi^{*}(K_X+B)=K_Y+B_Y$. We know ...
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Finding divisors with canonical singularities in a moving linear system

I apologize if the question is too naive or trivial: We know that any reduced divisor in a smooth variety has Gorenstein singularities. However, I don't know if there's a cone theorem for Gorenstein ...
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Small contractions as blow ups

To improve my chances of getting answers/ comments I post my mathstackexchange question https://math.stackexchange.com/q/2808852/42548 also here. I am trying to learn a bit about birational morphisms:...
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Moishezon projectivity criterion for Moishezon spaces with canonical singularites

A Moishezon manifold is projective if and only if it is Kähler. This is no longer true for a singular Moishezon space. Moishezon proved a projectivity criterion for Moishezon spaces with isolated ...
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Top self-intersection of the canonical divisor of a terminalization

Let $(X,\Delta)$ be a $n$-dimensional log canonica model, and let $Y\rightarrow (X,\Delta)$ be a log terminalization (meaning that $Y$ is the model obtained when we take a log resolution $\pi \colon ...
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Generic reducedness of geometric generic fibre

Let $f:X\to Y$ be a surjective morphism between two projective schemes over a field of characteristic $p>0$. Also assume that $X$ is smooth,$Y$ smooth & irreducible and $f_*\mathcal{O}_X=\...
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Sequence of MMP with scaling cannot be isomorphism

Let $(X,B)$ be a projective klt pair, H is an $\mathbb{R}$-divisor s.t. $K_X+B+H$ is nef. Suppose that we can run $(K_X+B)$-MMP with scaling $H$(that is, the flip exists) and denote $\alpha_i:X \...
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About the definition of cDV singularity

M. Reid defines cDV singularity as follow in his paper "CANONICAL 3-FOLDS" A point $p\in X$ of a 3-fold is called a compound Du Val point if for some section H throgh $P$, $P\in H$ is a Du ...
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Nice, concrete example of pl-flipping contraction

In a course I'm giving on the MMP, I am discussing the importance of Shokurov's notion of a pl-flipping contraction for showing that flips exist for arbitrary flipping contractions. Does someone have ...
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Modifying the base of a rational map

Let $f : X \dashrightarrow S$ be a rational map of smooth projective varieties. Is it true that, after a birational modification of $S$, every fiber intersects the domain of definition? Explicitly, is ...
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Singularities of toric pairs

Suppose $(X,B)$ is a log canonical pair and $f: X \rightarrow Y$ an equidimensional toroidal contraction such that every component of $B$ is $f$ -horizontal. Let $\Gamma$ denote the reduced ...
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Numerical reduction map for line bundles?

For a nef line bundle $L$ on a normal projective variety $X$, we have three invariants- the nef dimension $n(L)$, the numerical dimension $\nu(L)$ and the Iitaka dimension $\kappa(L)$. $n(L)$ is ...
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Mori cone of Picard rank two varieties

Let $X$ be a smooth projective variety of Picard rank two. Assume that there exists a surface $S\subset X$ such that $$i^{*}:\text{Pic}(X)\rightarrow\text{Pic}(S)$$ is an isomorphism, where $i:S\...
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On the b-nefness of the moduli part of canonical bundle formula

I have recently been wondering about the existence of a canonical bundle formula in the following situation and am not sure how to proceed. Suppose $(X,B) \xrightarrow{f} Y$ is a fibration where $ (X,...
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How to show a contraction of singular moduli space is projective?

Let $\mathcal{H}$ be a certain kind of Hilbert scheme of curves on some smooth projective variety $X$ and $\mathcal{H}$ is projective and irreducible of dimension $3$. There is a divisor $\mathcal{D}\...
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Does nefness carry over through flips?

Suppose $\pi: X \dashrightarrow Y$ is a birational map which is an isomorphism in codimension 1 (such as a flip). Also suppose both $X$ and $Y$ have reasonable (say log terminal) singularities. We ...
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Compactifying morphisms and ample line bundles

Let $f:X\to Y$ be a projective morphism between two normal quasi-projective varieties, and $L$ a $f$-ample line bundle on $Y$. Then the claim is: There is a compactication $\bar{f}:\overline{X}\to\...
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How can I describe in explicit geometric terms the (in general non-complete) linear system?

Let $\varphi\!: S \to S^\prime$ be a birational morphism of projective non-singular irreducible surfaces over a (algebraically closed) field $k$ and let $D \in \mathrm{Div}(S)$. Also, let $\big(\...
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Section ring $R(X,D)$ of $D$ is finitely generated if $\kappa (X,D) \leq 1$

In the remark on the bottom of page 5 of this paper, the author states that It is well-known fact that the algebra of a Divisor $D$ with $\kappa (X,D) \leq 1$ is finitely generated over $k$. In ...
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