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Bounding the volumes of singular Fano threefolds

Algebraic Geometry 2012-04-13 v1

Abstract

Let (X,Δ)(X,\Delta) be an nn-dimensional ϵ\epsilon-klt log \QQ\QQ-Fano pair. We give an upper bound for the volume Vol((KX+Δ))=((KX+Δ))n{\rm Vol}(-(K_X+\Delta))=(-(K_X+\Delta))^n when n=2n=2 or n=3n=3 and XX is {\QQ\QQ-factorial} of ρ(X)=1\rho(X)=1. This bound is essentially sharp for n=2n=2. Existence of an upper bound for anticanonical volumes is related the Borisov-Alexeev-Borisov Conjecture which asserts boundedness of the set of ϵ\epsilon-klt log \QQ\QQ-Fano varieties of a given dimension nn.

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@article{arxiv.1204.2593,
  title  = {Bounding the volumes of singular Fano threefolds},
  author = {Ching-Jui Lai},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1204.2593},
  year   = {2012}
}