Flips and flops

Flips and flops are elementary birational maps which first appear in dimension three. We give examples of how flips and flops appear in many different contexts. We describe the minimal model program and some recent progress centred around the question of termination of flips.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Hacon, Christopher D. (Author), McKernan, James (Contributor)
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Mathematics (Contributor)
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: World Scientific, 2013-09-12T18:50:47Z.
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