Noether–Castelnuovo conjecture for irregular Gorenstein 3-folds of Albanese dimension one

Let XX be an irregular minimal Gorenstein 3-fold of general type with Albanese dimension one, meaning that the image of its Albanese map has dimension one. Let KX3K_X^3 denote its canonical volume and let χ(ωX)\chi(\omega_X) be the Euler characteristic of its canonical sheaf.

Noether–Castelnuovo conjecture. One should have

KX32χ(ωX).K_X^3\ge 2\chi(\omega_X).

If the Albanese fiber has large volume, one should have the stronger inequality

KX33χ(ωX).K_X^3\ge 3\chi(\omega_X).

This is presented as a finer conjecture of Noether–Castelnuovo type after the paper proves stronger inequalities in related cases. The statement is not identified as resolved in the supplied text, so its status remains open.

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Tong Zhang, “Geography of irregular Gorenstein 3-folds”, arXiv:1309.6302 (2013).

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