pith. sign in

arxiv: 1608.00364 · v2 · pith:IHP7U7JZnew · submitted 2016-08-01 · 🧮 math.AG

Normality of general elephants on 3-fold terminal flips

classification 🧮 math.AG
keywords foldgeneralterminalcorollarycurveelephantelephantsexists
0
0 comments X
read the original abstract

We prove that the general elephant $E_{X^+}\in |-K_{X^+}|$ is normal where $X--> X^+$ is a 3-fold terminal flip. Hence $E_{X^+}$ has at worst Du Val singularities. As a corollary, there exists no non-Gorenstein singularity of type $cE/2$, $cD/3$, nor $cAx/4$ on the flipped curve $C^+$.

This paper has not been read by Pith yet.

discussion (0)

Sign in with ORCID, Apple, or X to comment. Anyone can read and Pith papers without signing in.