Local volume gap near the smooth point

Let nn be a positive integer, and let a smooth point mean a nonsingular nn-dimensional klt singularity. Local volume gap conjecture. There exists ε>0\varepsilon>0 such that the only nn-dimensional klt singularity xXx\in X with

vol^(x,X)(1ε)nn\widehat{\rm vol}(x,X)\geq(1-\varepsilon)n^n

is the smooth point. Since the smooth point has the largest local volume, this predicts a uniform gap below the maximum; the source presents it as a related open prediction.

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Ziquan Zhuang, “Stability of klt singularities”, arXiv:2307.10525 (2023).

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