Valuations and asymptotic invariants for sequences of ideals (Q1948153)

Let \(X\) be a smooth complex variety, and \(a_{\bullet}\) be a graded sequence of ideal sheaves on \(X\). In the paper under review, the authors define \(v(a_{\bullet})\) and the log discrepancy, denoted by \(A(v)\), for every valuation \(v\) of \(K(X)\) with center on \(X\). The first main result of this paper says that for every graded sequence \(a_{\bullet}\) of ideal sheaves, there is a real valuation \(v\) of \(K(X)\) with center on \(X\) that computes the log canonical threshold \(\text{lct}(a_{\bullet})\) (more generally, the jumping numbers) of the sequence. They conjecture that if \(\text{lct}(a_{\bullet})\) is finite, then there exists a quasi-monomial valuation that computes \(\text{lct}(a_{\bullet})\) and any valuation that computes \(\text{lct}(a_{\bullet})\) must be quasi-monomial. The second main result reduces this conjecture to the case of an affine space over an algebraically closed field.