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Discrepancy of general element of linear system

Let $X$ be a normal scheme and $|D|$ a linear system on $X$. In "Singularity of Minimal Model Program" by Janos kollar p249, it says, If $X$ is a variety over $\mathbb{C}$, and $E_j$ ...
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Blow up of terminal singularity and canonical singularity

A normal singularity $(X,x)$ over a field $k$ is terminal (resp. canonical) if $(i)$ it it is $\mathbb{Q}$-Gorenstein. and $(ii)$For any resolution of singularity $F:Y\rightarrow X$, $K_Y-f^*K_X>...
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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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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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Examples of small resolutions in dimension 4 and higher

I have seen numerous examples of 3-folds admitting small resolutions. Are there similar examples in higher dimension? In particular, I am looking for examples of singular varieties of dimension $4$ ...
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Desingularization of the zero section of $TM$ as the manifold of singularities of the geodesic flow

However the method of "Blowing up of singularities" is initially introduced for an isolated singularity, but this method have been generalized to blowing up of a "Manifold of singularities"...
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Krull dimension of the smooth locus

Let $R$ be a normal complete local domain of dimension $n \geq 4$. Does there exist a prime ideal $\mathfrak{p}$ of height $\dim(R) - 1$ such that $R_{\mathfrak{p}}$ is a regular local ring? In ...
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Hironaka's proof of resolution of singularities in positive characteristics

Recent publication of Hironaka seems to provoke extended discussions, like Atiyah's proof of almost complex structure of $S^6$ earlier... Unlike Atiyah's paper, Hironaka's paper does not have a ...
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Normal forms of ADE singularities

Given a surface $X:f(x,y,z)=0\subset \mathbb{A}^{3}_{\mathbb{C}}$ with only ADE singularities, how does one determine the correct singularity type of $X$ by computing the normal forms? Does a similar ...
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How to determine the singlarity type (up to local analytic isomorphism) of a hypersurface surface singularity

Given a polynomial f(x,y,z), it defines a hypersurface in $\mathbb C^3$. I guess there is a classification of hypersurface singularity like Arnold normal form. I wonder given an explicite example of f,...
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Deformation to normal cone of the exception divisor of a log-resolution

I am reading the paper Iterated vanishing cycles, convolution, and a motivic analogue of a conjecture of Steenbrink due to G. Guibert, F. Loeser, and M. Merle. The main tool, like a lot of papers in ...
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Induced resolution of singularities

I am not a specialist in singularity theory but currently I have to touch resolution of singularities and I'd like to know whether I have understood Hironaka's theorem correctly. Let $k$ be a field of ...
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Trace formula for monodromy of Milnor fibrations

I am reading the paper A. Campo, Le nombre de Lefschetz d'une monodromie but I am stuck at several points, hope that someone can help me. Let $P:\mathbb{C}^{n+1} \longrightarrow \mathbb{C}$ be a germ ...
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Understand the proof that rational resolution is independent of the resolution

EDIT. Karl Schwede has given a different approach to solve this question, which is very clear. However, I still want to figure out how to deal with this problem along Ein's line, and waiting for the ...
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Do there exist linear relations between exceptional divisors

Let $X$ be an isolated, Gorenstein singularity of dimension at least $2$ and $\pi: \widetilde{X} \to X$ be a resolution of singularities. Let $E$ be the exceptional divisor and $E_1,...,E_r$ be the ...
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Preimage by birational maps

I am looking for an example (I guess that in complex projective space $\mathbb{P}^{n}$ is good) such that satisfy the following condition (in non trivial case, for this assume $X \neq \tilde{X}$): Let ...
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plumbing description of resolution of ADE singularities

Let $G$ be a finite subgroup of $SU(2)$ and consider the quotient of the unit ball $B\subset \mathbb{C}^{2}$ by $G$. The result, denoted by $V$, has a boundary $S^{3}/G$ and has an ADE singularity at $...
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Is there a "minimal" Whitney stratification of a complex hypersurface?

Let $X\subset \mathbb C^n$ be a complex hypersurface (given by $F=0$ where $F$ is a polynomial). It is known then that $X$ admits a Whitney stratification. This is a decomposition of $X$ into smooth ...
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Computing the invariants of ball quotient surfaces

The two-dimensional complex unit ball $B$ has group of biholomorphic automorphisms $PU(2,1)$. If $Γ$ is an arithmetic subgroup of $PU(2,1)$, the quotient $Γ\text{\\}B$ is an orbifold. Taking its ...
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Resolution graph of higher dimensional ADE singularities

I am looking for different configurations of the exceptional divisors arising from blowing up a higher dimensional ADE singularity (see p. 240 of this article of Bruns for a description of such ...
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Cohomology of tangent sheaf of a singular hypersurface

Let $X\subset\mathbb{P}^n$ be a hypersurface singular at finitely many points $p_i\in X$. We may assume that $X$ has ordinary singularities at the $p_i$'s. Does there exists a formula, perhaps in ...
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Definition of Q gorenstein variety

I have a question about the definition of Q-Gorenstein variety. I saw a definition of Q-Gorenstein variety:for a normal variety $X$, it's Q-Gorenstein if the canonical divisor is Q Cartier. I wonder ...
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Resolution graphs in the sense of Némethi

The following definitions are from lecture notes of Némethi. A surface singularity $(X,0)$ is defined by $$(X,0) = (\{ f_1 = \ldots = f_m=0 \}) \subset \mathbb (\mathbb{C}^n,0),$$ where $f_i : (\...
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Globalization of Brieskorn-Grothendieck resolution

Brieskorn (1970) showed that for semiuniversal deformation of rational double points surface singularities $X\to S$, there is a finite base change $S'\to S$, such that the new family $f:X\times_{S}S'\...
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Singular locus of a linear system of hyperplane sections

Let $X\subset\mathbb{P}^N$ be a rational smooth projective irreducible non degenerated variety of dimension $n=\dim(X)$ and let $$\mathcal{H}=|\mathcal{O}_X(1) \otimes\mathcal{I}_{{p_1}^2,\dots,{p_l}^...
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canonical divisor on singular curves with nodal point

What's the definition of canonical divisor(or whatever related concept) on singular curve with nodal point. More generally, what the definition of canonical divisor on a singular variety X, which is ...
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Bijective restriction of the normalization morphism

Let $X$ be an integral separated scheme of finite type over $\mathbb{C}$. Consider the normalization morphism $f:X'\rightarrow X$. Can we always find an affine open $U\subset X'$ such that $f|_U:U\...
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Construction of log canonical singularity

I know there's classification about normal log canonical surface singularity in the sense of configuration of exceptional curves. There is one type of log canonical singularity(not klt) whose ...
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Singularities of rational quartic surfaces

Let $X\subset \mathbb{P}^3$ be an irreducible quartic surface, defined over an algebraically closed field $k$. Suppose that $X$ is rational (i.e. birational to $\mathbb{P}^2$). Is is true that $X$ has ...
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Bertini-type theorem for strict transform

Let $(X,o)$ be an isolated, normal singularity of dimension at least $3$. Let $\pi: \widetilde{X} \to X$ be a resolution of singularity of $X$. Is it true that for a general hypersurface $H \subset X$ ...
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On Remmerts reduction

Let $(X,0)$ be a normal surface singularity. An let $\pi: \tilde{X} \to X$ be the minimal resolution. Now, we can apply a result of Oliveira (exploiting previous work by Laufer) and obtain a 1-...
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Is canonical model always with canonical singularity

Let X be a smooth variety, take the proj of canonical ring of X and denote it by Y. Is Y always a canonical variety? I know it's true for general type variety. Thank in advance.
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Can nonflat deformations of singularities always produce Cohen-Macaulay rings?

To make the question in the title precise, let me phrase it like this. Consider a complete local ring $$ A := \mathbb{C}[[x_1, \dotsc, x_n]]/(f_1, \dotsc, f_m) $$ and, for definiteness, assume that $...
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Reference for certain resolution of singularities formulation

I want to use the following resolution of singularity statment as found in Soule et al, Lectures on Arakelov Geometry, p. 40: $Y$ is a separated algebraic variety of finite type over $\mathbb{C}$, $Z$...
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resolution for the du Val's $(A_3)$-singularity

For the $A_m$-singularity, it can be viewed as the singular part of $\mathbb{C}^2/\mathbb{Z}_m$. The action of $\mathbb{Z}_m$ on $\mathbb{C}^2$ is defined as following $$ \bar{1} \cdot (z,w) = (z e^{\...
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Cohomology of a structure sheaf of a normal affine variety

I can't find the reference for the following fact: Let $X$ be an affine variety and let $Y$ be its smooth resolution. $H^0(X,\mathcal{O}_x)=H^0(Y,\mathcal{O}_Y)$ if and only if $X$ is normal.
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example of quintics with 5 ordinary triple point

I know we can bound the triple point on quintics in cp^3 by 5. But how to write down quintics with 5 ordinary triple point (here are simple elliptic singularity)explicitly?
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Do the cohomology groups of the structure sheaf of a smooth resolution depend on the resolution?

Let $X$ be an affine variety. Let $Y$ be smooth and let the map $f\colon Y\rightarrow X$ be proper birational. We will call $Y$ a smooth resolution of $X$. Do the cohomology groups $H^i(Y,\mathcal{O}...
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smoothing of isolated surface singularity

I want to know when an isolated surface singularity can be smoothed, especially for log canonical isolated surface singularity. Is there any good reference. Thanks in advance.
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simple elliptic surface singularity

Suppose X is a one dimension torus and L is a line bundle over X, I think one class of log canonical surface singularity comes from the contraction of one elliptic curve from the total space L. My ...
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log canonical surface singularity

For a log cannonical surface singularity, I guess there is classification about the configuration of the exceptional divisor of its minimal resolution. I wonder if there is some specific example or ...
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Singularities of fibrations 2

This question is related to my previous question: Singularities of fibrations Assume that $X$ is a complete intersection irreducible $3$-fold in a product of projective spaces. So that $X$ is ...
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Singularities of fibrations

Let $f:X\rightarrow \mathbb{P}^2$ be a fibration, here $X$ is a projective variety of dimension three. Assume that there exixts a smooth curve $C\subset\mathbb{P}^2$ such that for any $p\in\mathbb{P}...
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Singularities of $3$-folds

Let $X,Y,Z$ be projective $3$-folds. Assume that $Y$ is smooth and $Z$ is smooth and Fano. Moreover, assume that there is a generically finite morphism $f:Y\rightarrow Z$ admitting a factorization $f=...
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Resolving analytic normal crossings singularities

Let $X$ be a non-singular (complex) variety and $Y \subset X$ be a (reduced) irreducible subvariety with only normal crossings singularity (locally, in the analytic topology, the singularity is ...
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Resolving complete intersections of quadrics with singularities

Suppose that $X$ is a complete intersection of quadrics in $\mathbb P^n_{\mathbb C}$. Is there some straightforward procedure to resolve the singularities of $X$? For example, can one stratify ...
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Simple question about surface singularities

Given $\epsilon \in (0,1)$, is it possible to find two finite familes $\mathcal{F}$ and $\mathcal{P}$ of weighted graphs, such that the weighted graph of the minimum resolution of any $\epsilon$-klt ...
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A definition of arithmetic divisor with conic singularities?

I have a question related to the preprint "Heights and metrics with logarithmic singularities" by G. Freixas i Montplet. Let $X$ be an arithmetic variety with arithmetic divisor $D$ how can we ...
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Are codimension one foliations of $\mathbb{R}^{n}-\{0\}$ with compact leaves, stable at origin?

Assume that we have a codimension one foliation of $\mathbb{R}^{n}-\{0\}$ with compact leaves. Is it true to say that the foliation is stable at origin:That is: for every neighborhood $V$ of $0$,...
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Rationality of higher dimensional du Val singularities

I am interested in the isolated singularity defined over $\mathbb{C}$ by $$ x_1^2+\cdots + x_n^2+x_{n+1}^k=0, $$ where $n>2$ and $k>2$. I would like to know whether this singularity is rational,...