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Minimal Models of Semi-log-canonical Pairs

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We compare the minimal model of a log canonical pair with the minimal model of its reduced boundary. These results are then used to study the existence of the minimal model of a semi-log-canonical pair using its normalization.

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We thank the Simons Foundation for supporting our participation at the conference “Birational Geometry” where this work started. Partial financial support to JK was also provided by the NSF under grant number DMS-1362960.

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Ambro, F., Kollár, J. (2019). Minimal Models of Semi-log-canonical Pairs. In: Codogni, G., Dervan, R., Viviani, F. (eds) Moduli of K-stable Varieties. Springer INdAM Series, vol 31. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-13158-6_1

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