Journal of Algebraic Geometry

Author(s): Jan Wierzba
Journal: J. Algebraic Geom. 12 (2003), 507-534.
Posted: March 6, 2003
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Abstract: We consider singularities that arise from birational contractions of smooth symplectic varieties. We establish some general properties of these singularities and study the case of divisorial contractions in more detail.

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Jan Wierzba
Affiliation: Lettestrasse 6a, 10437 Berlin, Germany
Email: jwierzba@mi.uni-koeln.de

PII: S 1056-3911(03)00318-7
Received by editor(s): November 9, 2000
Posted: March 6, 2003
Additional Notes: The author was supported by Trinity College, Cambridge and EPSRC

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