Classification of Higher Dimensional Algebraic Varieties [Paperback]

Higher Dimensional Algebraic Geometry presents recent advances in the classification of complex projective varieties. Recent results in the minimal model program are discussed, and an introduction to the theory of moduli spaces is presented.

I Basics.- 1 Introduction.- 1.A. Classification.- 2 Preliminaries.- 2.A. Notation.- 2.B. Divisors.- 2.C. Reflexive sheaves.- 2.D. Cyclic covers.- 2.E. R-divisors in the relative setting.- 2.F. Vanishing theorems.- 2.G. Families and base change.- 2.H. Parameter spaces and deformations of families.- 3 Singularities.- 3.A. Canonical singularities.- 3.B. Cones.- 3.C. Log canonical singularities.- 3.D. Normal crossings.- 3.E. Pinch points.- 3.F. Semi-log canonical singularities.- 3.G. Pairs.- 3.H. Rational and du Bois singularities.- II Recent advances in the MMP.- 4 Introduction.- 5 The main result.- 5.A. The cone and base point free theorems.- 5.B. Flips and divisorial contractions.- 5.C. The minimal model program for surfaces.- 5.D. The main theorem and sketch of proof.- 5.E. The minimal model program with scaling.- 5.F. PL-flips.- 5.G. Corollaries.- 6 Multiplier ideal sheaves.- 6.A. Asymptotic multiplier ideal sheaves.- 6.B. Extending pluricanonical forms.- 7 Finite generation of the restricted algebra.- 7.A. Rationality of the restricted algebra.- 7.B. Proof of (5.69).- 8 Log terminal models.- 8.A. Special termination.- 8.B. Existence of log terminal models.- 9 Non-vanishing.- 9.A. NakayamaZariski decomposition.- 9.B. Non-vanishing.- 10 Finiteness of log terminal models.- III Compact moduli spaces.- 11 Moduli problems.- 11.A. Representing functors.- 11.B. Moduli functors.- 11.C. Coarse moduli spaces.- 12 Hilbert schemes.- 12.A. The Grassmannian functor.- 12.B. The Hilbert functor.- 13 The construction of the moduli space.- 13.A. Boundedness.- 13.B. Constructing the moduli space.- 13.C. Local closedness.- 13.D. Separatedness.- 14 Families and moduli functors.- 14.A. An important example.- 14.B. Q-Gorenstein faml£¡