2009Journal of the American Mathematical SocietyOpen access

Existence of minimal models for varieties of log general type

Caucher Birkar, Paolo Cascini, Christopher D. Hacon, James M textupc Kernan

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We prove that the canonical ring of a smooth projective variety is finitely generated.

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We prove that the canonical ring of a smooth projective variety is finitely generated.

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We prove that the canonical ring of a smooth projective variety is finitely generated.

Key concepts: Mathematics, Variety (cybernetics), Type (biology), Finitely-generated abelian group, Pure mathematics, Projective variety, Projective test, Ring (chemistry)

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