Finite-degree multiplication conjecture for local volumes

Let

π ⁣:x1(X1,Δ1)x2(X2,Δ2)\pi\colon x_1\in (X_1,\Delta_1)\to x_2\in (X_2,\Delta_2)

be a finite dominant morphism between klt singularities satisfying

π(KX2+Δ2)=KX1+Δ1.\pi^*(K_{X_2}+\Delta_2)=K_{X_1}+\Delta_1.

Finite-degree multiplication conjecture. The local volumes satisfy

deg(π)vol(x2,X2)=vol(x1,X1).\deg(\pi)\cdot \operatorname{vol}(x_2,X_2)=\operatorname{vol}(x_1,X_1).

The source explains that this is related to uniqueness of the volume minimiser and records verification in a special class of Gromov–Hausdorff limits of Kähler–Einstein Fano manifolds; it remains a conjecture in general.

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Primary source

Chenyang Xu, “Interaction Between Singularity Theory and the Minimal Model Program”, arXiv:1712.01041 (2017).

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