A one-step counterexample to the normalized Nash blowup conjecture
Algebraic Geometry
2026-04-10 v1
Abstract
We construct an explicit normal singular affine toric variety X of dimension five over an algebraically closed field of characteristic three such that the normalized Nash blowup of X already contains an open affine subset isomorphic to X. Combined with previously known examples, this yields one-step counterexamples in every dimension greater than or equal to five and every characteristic. The characteristic-three case is the most delicate: the previously known counterexample in dimension four requires a two-step iteration of the normalized Nash blowup, and our example demonstrates that in dimension five and higher the minimal number of iterations needed to produce a loop is one.
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@article{arxiv.2604.07519,
title = {A one-step counterexample to the normalized Nash blowup conjecture},
author = {Alvaro Liendo and Ana Julisa Palomino and Gonzalo Rodríguez},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2604.07519},
year = {2026}
}
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