K-equivalence in Birational Geometry

Details K-equivalence in Birational Geometry K-equivalence in Birational Geometry

2002-04-12

arxiv.org/abs/math/0204160v3

"Second International Congress of Chinese Mathematicians", 199-216, New Stud. Adv. Math. 4, Int. Press, Somerville MA, 2004

Mathematics

Algebraic Geometry

18 pages. Minor changes, references updated

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We give a survey of the background and recent development on the $K$-equivalence relation among birational manifolds. After a brief historical sketch of birational geometry, we define the $K$-partial ordering and $K$-equivalence in a birational class and discuss geometric situations that lead to these notions. One application to the filling-in problem for threefolds is given. We discuss the motivic aspect of $K$-equivalence relation. We believe that $K$-equivalent manifolds have the same Chow motive though we are unable to prove it at this moment. Instead we discuss various approaches toward the corresponding statements in different cohomological realizations. We also formulate the {\it Main Conjectures} and prove a weak version of it. Namely, up to complex cobordism, $K$-equivalence can be decomposed into composite of classical flops. Finally we review some other current researches that are related to the study of $K$-equivalence relation.

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