Uniqueness conjecture for minimizing normalized-volume valuations

Let (X,o)(X,o) be a Q\mathbb{Q}-Gorenstein klt singularity, and let ValX,o{\rm Val}_{X,o} denote the space of valuations centered at oo. The normalized volume is denoted by vol^\widehat{\rm vol}.

Uniqueness conjecture. For any Q\mathbb{Q}-Gorenstein klt singularity (X,o)(X,o), there exists a unique valuation minimizing vol^\widehat{\rm vol} on ValX,o{\rm Val}_{X,o}.

The existence of a minimizer is reduced in the paper to lower semicontinuity of the normalized volume, while uniqueness is presented as a conjectural strengthening. The claim concerns the local invariant obtained by minimizing normalized volume over valuations centered at the singular point.

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Chi Li, “Minimizing normalized volumes of valuations”, arXiv:1511.08164 (2017).

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