Bounds for log canonical thresholds with applications to birational rigidity

Mathematical Research Letters

Volumn 10, Issue 2-3, 2003, Pages 219-236

  De Fernex, Tommaso ^a   Lawrence, E I N ^b   Musta̧ǎ, Mircea ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^c HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Birational rigidity; Log canonical threshold; Multiplicity

Indexed keywords

EID: 0042415274     PISSN: 10732780     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4310/mrl.2003.v10.n2.a9     Document Type: Article

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