Kawachi's invariant for normal surface singularities

Details Kawachi's invariant for normal surface singularities Kawachi's invariant for normal surface singularities

1997-09-17

arxiv.org/abs/alg-geom/9709019v1

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Algebraic Geometry

16 pages, AMS-LaTeX 1.2

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We study a useful numerical invariant of normal surface singularities, introduced recently by T. Kawachi. Using this invariant, we give a quick proof of the (well-known) fact that all log-canonical surface singularities are either elliptic Gorenstein or rational (without assuming a priori that they are Q-Gorenstein). The main result is a criterion (stated in terms of Kawachi's invariant) regarding global generation of adjoint linear systems on normal surfaces with boundary. Such results can be used in proving effective estimates for global generation on singular threefolds. The theorem of Ein-Lazarsfeld and Kawamata, which says that the minimal center of log-canonical singularities is always normal, explains why the results proved here are relevant in that situation.

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