The generalized flop conjecture for derived categories

Let XX and XX' be birational isomorphic varieties. Suppose that, for a resolution

\xymatrix{ & \widetilde{X}\ar[dl]_(.4){\pi} \ar[dr]^(.4){\pi'}&\\ X\ar@{-->}[rr]^{fl}&&X' }

of the birational isomorphism XflXX\stackrel{fl}{\dashrightarrow}X', one has πKX=πKX\pi^*K_X=\pi^{\prime*}K_{X'}; such a birational transformation is called a generalized flop. Generalized flop conjecture. If XX and XX' are related by a generalized flop, then

Db(CohX)Db(CohX).\mathbf{D}^b(\operatorname{Coh} X')\cong\mathbf{D}^b(\operatorname{Coh} X).

The conjecture was proved for simple examples of flops, for arbitrary flops in dimension three, and for symplectic flops. The general statement remains open beyond these cases.

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Dmitri Orlov, “Landau-Ginzburg Models, D-branes, and Mirror Symmetry”, arXiv:1111.2962 (2011).

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