A sharp lower bound for the canonical volume of 3-folds of general type (Q996011)

The main result of the paper under review is the following: If \(V\) is a smooth projective 3-fold of general type with \(p_g(V)\geq 2\) (resp. \(p_g(V)\geq 3\) and \(p_g(V)\geq 4\)), then the canonical volume of \(V\) is at least \(1/3\) (resp. at least \(1\) and \(2\)). It is also shown that the above bounds are sharp and the geometry of \(3\)-folds with \(p_g(V)\geq 2\) and small canonical volume are studied in detail.