Minimal model program for normal pairs along log canonical locus
Kenta Hashizume
TL;DR
This work extends minimal model theory to normal pairs not necessarily lc by introducing and exploiting the relative non-nef locus $NNef(K_X+\Delta+A/Z)$ and the non-lc locus $Nlc(X,\Delta)$. It proves termination of an MMP for $(X,\Delta+A)/Z$ under the condition that these loci are disjoint, and it shows abundance for the resulting minimal model when $(K_X+\Delta+A)|_{Nlc(X,\Delta)}$ is semi-ample, leveraging quasi-log schemes induced by normal pairs to handle lc centers. The paper develops a robust framework combining relative linear systems, Nakayama–Zariski decompositions, and MMP with scaling, and it provides corollaries such as stable base locus disjointness, finite generation of section rings, and controlled MMP behavior along the lc and klt loci. The results contribute to understanding abundance and termination beyond lc pairs, with potential implications for moduli problems and birational geometry in broader singular settings.
Abstract
Let $(X,Δ)$ be a normal pair with a projective morphism $X \to Z$ and let $A$ be a relatively ample $\mathbb{R}$-divisor on $X$. We prove the termination of some minimal model program on $(X,Δ+A)/Z$ and the abundance conjecture for its minimal model under assumptions that the non-nef locus of $K_{X}+Δ+A$ over $Z$ does not intersect the non-lc locus of $(X,Δ)$ and that the restriction of $K_{X}+Δ+A$ to the non-lc locus of $(X,Δ)$ is semi-ample over $Z$.
