The lower semicontinuity conjecture for minimal log discrepancies

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Let (X,B)(X,B) be a log variety, and let a(x)=a(x;X,B)a(x)=a(x;X,B) denote the minimal log discrepancy at a closed point x∈Xx\in X. Lower semicontinuity conjecture. For every closed point x∈Xx\in X, there exists a neighborhood x∈U⊆Xx\in U\subseteq X such that

a(x;X,B)=inf⁡x′∈Ua(x′;X,B).a(x;X,B)=\inf_{x'\in U}a(x';X,B).

Equivalently, the function of minimal log discrepancies is lower semicontinuous. The source explains that this conjecture implies the first part of the maximal minimal-log-discrepancy conjecture and notes that the function is constant equal to dim⁡X\dim X on an open dense subset; the supplied text gives no resolution status.

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Florin Ambro, “The Adjunction Conjecture and its applications”, arXiv:math/9903060 (1999).

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