The diminished-base-locus conjecture for log canonical centres in MMPs

Let (X1,B1+M1)(X_1,B_1+M_1) be a projective Q\mathbb{Q}-factorial NQC dlt generalised pair such that KX1+B1+M1K_{X_1}+B_1+M_1 is pseudoeffective. Consider a (KX1+B1+M1)(K_{X_1}+B_1+M_1)-MMP:

(X1,B1+M1)(X2,B2+M2)(X3,B3+M3).(X_1,B_1+M_1)\dashrightarrow (X_2,B_2+M_2)\dashrightarrow (X_3,B_3+M_3)\dashrightarrow\dots.

Let SS be a log canonical centre of (X1,B1+M1)(X_1,B_1+M_1) which belongs to B(KX1+B1+M1)\operatorname{\mathbf{B}}_-(K_{X_1}+B_1+M_1). The diminished-base-locus conjecture. There exists an index ii such that πi\pi_i is not an isomorphism at the generic point of the strict transform of SS on XiX_i.

This conjecture predicts that every log canonical centre contained in the diminished base locus is eventually affected by a step of the MMP. Its status is not resolved in the supplied source context.

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Vladimir Lazić and Zhixin Xie, “Nakayama-Zariski decomposition and the termination of flips”, arXiv:2305.01752 (2025).

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