A geometric characterization of toric singularities

arXiv2108.01717MaRDI QIDQ6374445FDOQ6374445

Authors: Joaquín Moraga, Roberto Svaldi 

Publication date: 3 August 2021

Abstract: Given a projective contraction $picolonXightarrowZ$ and a log canonical pair $(X,B)$ such that $-(K_X+B)$ is nef over a neighborhood of a closed point $zinZ$, one can define an invariant, the complexity of $(X,B)$ over $zinZ$, comparing the dimension of $X$ and the relative Picard number of $X/Z$ with the sum of the coefficients of those components of $B$ intersecting the fibre over $z$. We prove that the complexity of $(X,B)$ over $zinZ$ is non-negative and that when it is zero then $(X,lfloorBfloor)ightarrowZ$ is formally isomorphic to a morphism of toric varieties around $zinZ$. In particular, considering the case when $pi$ is the identity morphism, we get a geometric characterization of singularities that are formally isomorphic to toric singularities. This gives a positive answer to a conjecture due to Shokurov.

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Toric varieties, Newton polyhedra, Okounkov bodies (14M25) Minimal model program (Mori theory, extremal rays) (14E30)

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