Purely log-terminal blow-ups of index 1 (Q1889677)

Let \(X\) be a normal variety having log canonical singularities and \(f:Y\to X\) be a birational morphism such that the exceptional locus of \(f\) consists of a single divisor \(E\subset Y\). Then \(f\) is called a purely log terminal blow up if the singularities of the log pair \((X, E)\) are log terminal and the divisor \(-E\) is \(f\)-ample. The paper under review classifies all purely log terminal blow ups \(f:Y\to X\) with exceptional divisor \(E\subset Y\) such that \(X\) has terminal singularities and \(E\) is a Cartier divisor on \(Y\). In particular in all possible cases \(f\) is a weighted blow up in appropriate local coordinates.