Nagata–Szemberg conjecture on maximal Seshadri constants

Let XX be a smooth variety of dimension nn and let LL be an ample divisor on XX. For very general points p1,,prXp_1,\dots,p_r\in X, write ε(L,r)=ε(L,p1,,pr)\varepsilon(L,r)=\varepsilon(L,p_1,\dots,p_r) for the multipoint Seshadri constant. Nagata–Szemberg conjecture. There exists a number r0=r0(X,L)r_0=r_0(X,L) such that, for every rr0r\ge r_0,

ε(L,r)=Lnrn.\varepsilon(L,r)=\sqrt[n]{\frac{L^n}{r}}.

The displayed quantity is the general upper bound for the Seshadri constant of rr points. Szemberg proposed this as a generalization of Nagata's conjecture to arbitrary smooth varieties; the paper proves it for certain smooth surfaces with an ample divisor generating NS(X)NS(X) and with L2L^2 a square, but the general assertion remains open.

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Joaquim Roé, “On the Nagata conjecture”, arXiv:math/0304124 (2003).

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