Roé-Urbinati's b-divisorial valuation conjecture

Let XX be a smooth projective variety over an algebraically closed field kk of characteristic 00, and let vValXv\in \mathrm{Val}_X be a valuation on XX. For a valuation vv, let a(v)\mathfrak{a}_\bullet(v) denote its associated filtration, and let ZX(a(v))Z_X(\mathfrak{a}_\bullet(v)) be the corresponding b-divisor.

Roé-Urbinati's conjecture. The valuation vv is b-divisorial if and only if

ZX(a(v))0.Z_X(\mathfrak{a}_\bullet(v))\ne 0.

This conjecture concerns the characterization of b-divisorial valuations through the b-divisor associated with their valuation filtration. It is known when dimX=2\dim X=2, while the general case is the main motivation of the note and remains open.

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Primary source

Lu Qi, “A note on b-divisors and filtrations on a local ring”, arXiv:2604.07252 (2026).

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