Resolution of singularities for quasi-excellent schemes

Let Xˉ\bar{X} be a reduced, separated, Noetherian, quasi-excellent scheme. A proper birational morphism

π:XˉXˉ\pi:\bar{X}'\to\bar{X}

should exist such that Xˉ\bar{X}' is regular, π\pi is an isomorphism over the regular locus of Xˉ\bar{X}, and the exceptional divisor π1(Xˉsing)\pi^{-1}(\bar{X}_{\mathrm{sing}}) is an snc divisor in Xˉ\bar{X}'.

Resolution conjecture. There exists such a morphism π\pi.

The conjecture is a form of resolution of singularities and would yield smooth compactifications with snc boundary in the setting of smooth schemes over perfect fields. It is known when Xˉ\bar{X} has dimension at most 33, but remains open in higher dimensions.

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Primary source

Amine Koubaa, “Purity in the tame cohomology”, arXiv:2408.02542 (2026).

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