Bounds for log canonical thresholds with applications to birational rigidity (Q1429220)

Let \(X\) be a smooth algebraic variety over an algebraically closed field of characteristic zero, and let \(V\) be a proper closed subscheme of \(X\). The authors study an invariant of the pair \((X, V)\), called the log canonical threshold of \(X\) along \(V\), and denoted by \(\text{lc}(X, V)\). The bounds for the behavior of this invariant under projections, as well as the bounds for \(\text{lc}(\mathbb A^n, V)\) where \(V\) is defined by homogeneous equations of the same degree, are obtained. These bounds are applied in the context of birational geometry - an easy and uniform proof of birational superrigidity for arbitrary smooth hypersurfaces of degree \(N\) in \(\mathbb P^N\) if \(4\leq N\leq 12\) is given.