Shokurov's boundedness of complements conjecture

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Let d,p∈Nd,p\in\mathbb N be natural numbers and let R⊂[0,1]R\subset[0,1] be a finite set of rational numbers. Let (X′,B′+M′)(X',B'+M') be a projective lc generalized pair of dimension dd, let X→ZX\to Z be a contraction, assume B′∈Φ(R)B'\in\Phi(R), pMpM is b-Cartier, X′X' is Fano type over ZZ, and −(KX′+B′+M′)-(K_{X'}+B'+M') is nef over ZZ.

Shokurov's boundedness of complements conjecture. There exists a constant nn depending only on dd, pp, and RR such that KX′+B′+M′K_{X'}+B'+M' has an nn-complement KX′+B′++M′K_{X'}+B^{\prime+}+M' with B′+≥B′B^{\prime+}\geq B' over any point z∈Zz\in Z.

This conjecture is closely related to the BAB conjecture and was proved in characteristic zero by induction on dimension, separating the exceptional and non-exceptional cases. Its positive-characteristic validity is part of the boundedness problem studied here.

References

Primary source

Xintong Jiang, “Boundedness of complements for fibered Fano threefolds in positive characteristic”, arXiv:2506.00553 (2025).

Additional references

2 papers in this index state this conjecture (1997–2025). The statement above is taken from the most recent of them; the others are arXiv:alg-geom/9711024.

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