Strictly nef divisors on singular threefolds (Q6631489)

A divisor (or line bundle) on a complex-projective variety \(X\) is called \textit{strictly nef} if it is positive on all curves \(C \subset X\). Ample divisors are strictly nef, however it is well-known that the converse does not hold in general.\N\NSerrano's conjecture (which is related to Fujita's conjecture) states that if \(X\) is smooth and \(L\) is strictly nef on \(X\), then \(K_X + tL\) is ample for \(t \gg 0\). In this paper, the following singular version of Serrano's conjecture is studied: if \((X, \Delta)\) is a projective klt pair and \(L\) is strictly nef on \(X\), then \(K_X + \Delta + tL\) is ample for \(t \gg 0\).\N\NThe main result is Theorem~1.4, which proves the conjecture for \(\dim X = 3\), \(\Delta = 0\) and some further conditions. Corollary~1.6: the conjecture holds for \(\mathbb Q\)-factorial Gorenstein terminal threefolds unless \(X\) is weakly Calabi-Yau (= \(K_X\) torsion and augmented irregularity zero) and \(L \cdot \mathrm c_2(X) = 0\).