Divisorial contractions to 3-dimensional terminal singularities with discrepancy one (Q2569273)

Let \(Y\) be a normal projective 3-fold with only \(\mathbb Q\)-factorial terminal singularities. The author studies a projective birational morphism \(\pi : Y\rightarrow X\) that has the following properties. (i) \((-K_{Y})\) is \(\pi-\)ample. (ii) The exceptional set \(E\) of \(\pi\) is an irreducible divisor. (iii) \(\pi(E)=P\), where the point \(P\in X\) is a germ of a 3-dimensional singularity. A birational morphism with the first two properties is called a divisorial contraction. For this contraction \(K_{Y}=\pi ^{*} K_{X} +\alpha(E,X) E\), where the coefficient \(\alpha(E,X)\in \mathbb Q\) is called the discrepancy of \(E\) over \(X\). The author gives an explicit descriptions of all divisorial contractions with property (iii) and \(\alpha(E,X)=1\).