Minimal model programIn algebraic geometry, the minimal model program is part of the birational classification of algebraic varieties. Its goal is to construct a birational model of any complex projective variety which is as simple as possible. The subject has its origins in the classical birational geometry of surfaces studied by the Italian school, and is currently an active research area within algebraic geometry. The basic idea of the theory is to simplify the birational classification of varieties by finding, in each birational equivalence class, a variety which is "as simple as possible".
Diviseur (géométrie algébrique)En mathématiques, plus précisément en géométrie algébrique, les diviseurs sont une généralisation des sous-variétés de codimension 1 de variétés algébriques ; deux généralisations différentes sont d'un usage commun : les diviseurs de Weil et les diviseurs de Cartier. Les deux concepts coïncident dans les cas des variétés non singulières. En géométrie algébrique, comme en géométrie analytique complexe, ou en géométrie arithmétique, les diviseurs forment un groupe qui permet de saisir la nature d'un schéma (une variété algébrique, une surface de Riemann, un anneau de Dedekind.
Linear system of divisorsIn algebraic geometry, a linear system of divisors is an algebraic generalization of the geometric notion of a family of curves; the dimension of the linear system corresponds to the number of parameters of the family. These arose first in the form of a linear system of algebraic curves in the projective plane. It assumed a more general form, through gradual generalisation, so that one could speak of linear equivalence of divisors D on a general scheme or even a ringed space (X, OX).
Nef line bundleIn algebraic geometry, a line bundle on a projective variety is nef if it has nonnegative degree on every curve in the variety. The classes of nef line bundles are described by a convex cone, and the possible contractions of the variety correspond to certain faces of the nef cone. In view of the correspondence between line bundles and divisors (built from codimension-1 subvarieties), there is an equivalent notion of a nef divisor. More generally, a line bundle L on a proper scheme X over a field k is said to be nef if it has nonnegative degree on every (closed irreducible) curve in X.
Canonical bundleIn mathematics, the canonical bundle of a non-singular algebraic variety of dimension over a field is the line bundle , which is the nth exterior power of the cotangent bundle on . Over the complex numbers, it is the determinant bundle of the holomorphic cotangent bundle . Equivalently, it is the line bundle of holomorphic n-forms on . This is the dualising object for Serre duality on . It may equally well be considered as an invertible sheaf.
Ample line bundleIn mathematics, a distinctive feature of algebraic geometry is that some line bundles on a projective variety can be considered "positive", while others are "negative" (or a mixture of the two). The most important notion of positivity is that of an ample line bundle, although there are several related classes of line bundles. Roughly speaking, positivity properties of a line bundle are related to having many global sections. Understanding the ample line bundles on a given variety X amounts to understanding the different ways of mapping X into projective space.
Cone of curvesIn mathematics, the cone of curves (sometimes the Kleiman-Mori cone) of an algebraic variety is a combinatorial invariant of importance to the birational geometry of . Let be a proper variety. By definition, a (real) 1-cycle on is a formal linear combination of irreducible, reduced and proper curves , with coefficients . Numerical equivalence of 1-cycles is defined by intersections: two 1-cycles and are numerically equivalent if for every Cartier divisor on . Denote the real vector space of 1-cycles modulo numerical equivalence by .
Banach fixed-point theoremIn mathematics, the Banach fixed-point theorem (also known as the contraction mapping theorem or contractive mapping theorem or Banach-Caccioppoli theorem) is an important tool in the theory of metric spaces; it guarantees the existence and uniqueness of fixed points of certain self-maps of metric spaces, and provides a constructive method to find those fixed points. It can be understood as an abstract formulation of Picard's method of successive approximations. The theorem is named after Stefan Banach (1892–1945) who first stated it in 1922.
Application contractanteEn mathématiques et plus particulièrement en analyse, une application contractante, ou contraction, est une application qui « rapproche les » ou, plus précisément, une application k-lipschitzienne avec k < 1. Le théorème de point fixe le plus simple et le plus utilisé concerne les applications contractantes. Une application f d'un espace métrique (E, d) dans lui-même est dite k-contractante si 0 ≤ k < 1 et si, pour tout couple de points x et y de E, d(f(x), f(y)) ≤ kd(x, y).
