On abelian canonical \(n\)-folds of general type (Q1750695)

It is known that the degree of the canonical map \(\varphi_X\) of a Gorenstein minimal projective general type surface or 3-fold with locally factorial terminal singularities is bounded. In fact precise bounds are known. For \(n\)-folds \(X\) with \(n\geq 4\) the situation is less clear. The case considered here is the special one where \(\varphi_X\) is an abelian Galois cover of \({\mathbb P}^n\), in which case \(X\) is called an abelian canonical \(n\)-fold. It is shown that the degree of the cover is then bounded (for fixed \(n\)): in fact the assumption that the base is \({\mathbb P}^n\) can be relaxed a little. Two examples are given of abelian canonical 4-folds of degrees 81 and 128.