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In this paper the author explains some new techniques for studying singularities of linear systems, with applications to birational maps between 3-fold Mori fibre spaces, and especially the property of birational rigidity. These techniques are closely related and all have something to do with Shokurov's connectedness principle -- see section 3.2. Though they do not as yet form a coherent method, they are intended to replace the combinatorial study of the resolution graph, started by \textit{V. A. Iskovskikh} and \textit{Yu. I. Manin} [Math. USSR, Sb. 15 (1971), 141-166 (1972); translation from Mat. Sb., Nov. Ser. 86(128), 140-166 (1971; Zbl 0222.14009)]. The author's goal is to provide concise but complete proofs of the known criteria for birational rigidity of 3-fold Mori fibre spaces. Chapter 2 contains a brief exposition of the Sarkisov program. Chapter 3 is a study of singularities of linear systems, based on Shokurov connectedness and inversion of adjunction, and represents the technical core of the paper. In chapter 4 are given several new proofs and generalisations of the rigidity theorem for conic bundles, first known by \textit{V. G. Sarkisov} [Math. USSR, Izv. 17, 177-202 (1981); translation from Izv. Akad. Nauk SSSR, Ser. Mat. 44, 918-945 (1980; Zbl 0453.14017), Math. USSR, Izv. 20, 355-390 (1983); translation from Izv. Akad. Nauk SSSR, Ser. Mat. 46, No. 2, 371-408 (1982; Zbl 0593.14034)]. In chapter 5 is re-proved the Pukhlikov's rigidity criterion [see \textit{A. V. Pukhlikov}, Izv. Math. 62, No. 1, 115-155 (1998); translation from Izv. Ross. Akad. Nauk, Ser. Mat. 62, No. 1, 123-164 (1998; Zbl 0948.14008)] for Del Pezzo fibrations of degree 1 and 2. Chapter 6 represents a review of the main known rigidity theorems for Fano 3-folds: hypersurfaces and complete intersections. As a pattern example, in section 6.2 is proved the [known by \textit{V. A. Iskovskikh}, J. Sov. Math. 13, 815-868 (1980); translation from Itogi Nauki Tekh., Ser. Sovrem. Probl. Mat. 12, 159-236 (1979; Zbl 0415.14025) and by \textit{V. A. Iskovskikh} and \textit{A. V. Pukhlikov}, J. Math. Sci., New York 82, No. 4, 3528-3613 (1996; Zbl 0917.14007)] rigidity of a general smooth 3-fold complete intersection of type (2,3), with the purpose to illustrate the power of the new methods. Throughout the paper are stated various conjectures and open problems. For the entire collection see [Zbl 0942.00009].




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