Shokurov's codimension bound conjecture for minimal log discrepancies

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Let (X,B)(X,B) be a log variety and let η∈X\eta \in X be a Grothendieck point. The invariant a(η;B)a(\eta;B) is the minimal log discrepancy at η\eta.

Shokurov's codimension bound conjecture. The following inequality holds:

a(η;B)≤codim⁡η.a(\eta;B) \le \operatorname{codim} \eta.

Moreover, XX is nonsingular in η\eta if

a(η;B)>codim⁡η−1.a(\eta;B)>\operatorname{codim} \eta-1.

This conjecture proposes a sharp upper bound for minimal log discrepancies and includes a criterion detecting nonsingularity. The source says that it had been proved up to codimension three, but gives no complete resolution status.

References

Primary source

Florin Ambro, “On minimal log discrepancies”, arXiv:math/9906089 (1999).

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