Running a minimal model program

DOI10.1090/NOTI2841MaRDI QIDQ6610665zbMATH OpenFDO

Authors Joaquín Moraga

Publication date 26 September 2024

Published in Notices of the American Mathematical Society (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1090/NOTI2841

zbMATH Keywords

minimal model program

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Research exposition (monographs, survey articles) pertaining to algebraic geometry (14-02) Minimal model program (Mori theory, extremal rays) (14E30)

Review text

This expository article aims to introduce the Minimal Model Program (MMP), a major area of research in algebraic geometry. It is written for a general mathematical audience with no prior background in algebraic geometry, beginning with an overview of basic concepts such as projective space, smooth projective varieties, line bundles, and divisors. The discussion gradually progresses to more advanced topics, including contraction morphisms, singularities, and log pairs, which are essential for understanding the MMP. The article is well-structured, with each section providing context and motivation for the next. Sufficient intuition and examples are given to clarify the numerous definitions and ideas presented. After establishing the necessary background, the article concludes with an overview of the MMP: its objectives, the parts that have been resolved and those that remain open, the author's expectations for future research in this area, and the connections between the MMP and other branches of mathematics outside algebraic geometry.

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