On weak Fano varieties with log canonical singularities (Q2883848)

Let \((X,\Delta)\) be a pair with singularities allowed by the Minimal Model Program, and assume that this is a weak Fano pair, i.e.\ that the divisor \({-}(K_X+\Delta)\) is nef and big. If \((X,\Delta)\) has klt singularities, then it is a consequence of the Basepoint free theorem that \({-}(K_X+\Delta)\) is semiample. It is a natural question whether this extends to log canonical singularities.NEWLINENEWLINEIf \(\mathrm{Nklt}(X,\Delta)\) denotes the non-klt locus of this pair, then the main result of the paper under review is that \({-}(K_X+\Delta)\) is semiample when the dimension of \(\mathrm{Nklt}(X,\Delta)\) is at most \(1\). In contrast, when the dimension of \(\mathrm{Nklt}(X,\Delta)\) is at least \(2\), the author constructs examples of dimension at least \(3\) where semiampleness of \({-}(K_X+\Delta)\) fails and the pair \((X,\Delta)\) has plt singularities. This contradicts the main result of [\textit{I. V. Karzhemanov}, Sb. Math. 197, No. 10, 1459--1463 (2006); translation from Mat. Sb. 197, No. 10, 57--64 (2006; Zbl 1138.14300)].