Bounded canonical index conjecture for semi-log canonical Calabi–Yau pairs

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Let dd be a natural number and let R⊂[0,1]\mathfrak{R}\subset [0,1] be a finite set of rational numbers. For a finite set R\mathfrak{R}, write

Φ(R)={1−rm∣r∈R, m∈N}∪{1}.\Phi(\mathfrak{R})=\left\{1-\frac{r}{m}\mid r\in\mathfrak{R},\ m\in\mathbb{N}\right\}\cup\{1\}.

A pair (X,B)(X,B) is semi-log canonical if it has the standard semi-log canonical singularities. Bounded canonical index conjecture. There exists a natural number nn, depending only on dd and R\mathfrak{R}, such that whenever (X,B)(X,B) is a projective semi-log canonical pair of dimension dd, B∈Φ(R)B\in\Phi(\mathfrak{R}), and KX+B∼Q0K_X+B\sim_{\mathbb Q}0, one has

n(KX+B)∼0.n(K_X+B)\sim 0.

This predicts a uniform bound for the canonical index of semi-log canonical log Calabi–Yau pairs; the paper establishes related boundedness results in dimension two, but the stated general conjecture remains open.

References

Primary source

Yanning Xu, “Complements on log canonical Fano varieties”, arXiv:1901.03891 (2019).

Additional references

2 papers in this index state this conjecture (2007–2019). The statement above is taken from the most recent of them; the others are arXiv:0710.3641.

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RemarkAI-assistedClaimed by OpenAI. For connected projective equidimensional semi-log-canonical log Calabi–Yau pairs over algebraically closed characteristic-zero fields, the manuscript claims a common Cartier trivializing multiple depending on dimension and a fixed finite rational boundary coefficient set. This addresses finite coefficient subsets of the target; it does not give uniformity over its entire infinite hyperstandard family.See full solutionHide full solution

Claimed by OpenAI. For connected projective equidimensional semi-log-canonical log Calabi–Yau pairs over algebraically closed characteristic-zero fields, the manuscript claims a common Cartier trivializing multiple depending on dimension and a fixed finite rational boundary coefficient set. This addresses finite coefficient subsets of the target; it does not give uniformity over its entire infinite hyperstandard family.

GitHub repository: https://github.com/openai/math

Manuscript: https://github.com/openai/math/blob/adc7f1241b42e322a6451854ab7e4b4c146bf78a/preprints/Uniform-indices-for-semi-log-canonical-log-Calabi-Yau-pairs-October-5-2026/uniform-slc-index.pdf

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