A principalization algorithm for locally monomial ideal sheaves on 3-folds with an application to toroidalization (Q258209)

Let \(k\) be an algebraically closed field of characteristic zero, \(X\) a non-singular variety over \(k\) and \(\mathcal{I}\) a non-zero ideal sheaf over \(X.\) The problem of principalization of \(\mathcal{I}\) is to get a proper birational morphism \(\phi:Y\to X\), by means of a finite sequence of monoidal transforms such that \(Y\) is non-singular and \(\mathcal{IO}_{Y}\) is locally principal. In the paper under review, the author gives an algorithm for principalization of a locally monomial ideal sheaf on a 3-fold. Then he shows how this algorithm can be used to construct a toroidalization of a locally toroidal morphism of 3-folds.