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A geometric characterization of toric singularities

Algebraic Geometry 2021-08-05 v1

Abstract

Given a projective contraction π ⁣:XZ\pi \colon X\rightarrow Z and a log canonical pair (X,B)(X, B) such that (KX+B)-(K_X+B) is nef over a neighborhood of a closed point zZz\in Z, one can define an invariant, the complexity of (X,B)(X, B) over zZz \in Z, comparing the dimension of XX and the relative Picard number of X/ZX/Z with the sum of the coefficients of those components of BB intersecting the fibre over zz. We prove that the complexity of (X,B)(X,B) over zZz\in Z is non-negative and that when it is zero then (X,B)Z(X,\lfloor B \rfloor) \rightarrow Z is formally isomorphic to a morphism of toric varieties around zZz\in Z. In particular, considering the case when π\pi is the identity morphism, we get a geometric characterization of singularities that are formally isomorphic to toric singularities. This gives a positive answer to a conjecture due to Shokurov.

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@article{arxiv.2108.01717,
  title  = {A geometric characterization of toric singularities},
  author = {Joaquín Moraga and Roberto Svaldi},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2108.01717},
  year   = {2021}
}

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57 pages

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