Wormhole conjecture for KSBA moduli of surfaces

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Let (XX)(0D)(X\subset\mathcal{X})\to(0\in\mathbb{D}) be a family of surfaces, and let (XX)(0D)(X'\subset\mathcal{X}')\to(0\in\mathbb{D}) be obtained from it by extremal P-resolution surgery. Assume that the MMP on the new family gives a KSBA replacement and requires only flips.

Wormhole conjecture. The MMP requires only flips and gives a minimal model. The KSBA replacement of (XX)(0D)(X'\subset\mathcal{X}')\to(0\in\mathbb{D}) lives on the same moduli space as the original (XX)(0D)(X\subset\mathcal{X})\to(0\in\mathbb{D}).

This conjecture asserts that the surgery produces a path, or “wormhole,” within the same moduli space when no divisorial contractions occur. The supplied text does not state a resolution, so its status remains open.

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Giancarlo Urzúa and Nicolás Vilches, “On wormholes in the moduli space of surfaces”, arXiv:2102.02177 (2021).

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