Degree of the canonical map of a Gorenstein 3-fold of general type

Cai, Jin-Xing

doi:10.1090/S0002-9939-07-09254-4

Degree of the canonical map of a Gorenstein 3-fold of general type
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Abstract:

We prove that, for a complex projective Gorenstein 3-fold $X$ of general type with locally factorial terminal singularities, if $p_g(X)>105411$ and the canonical map $\phi _X$ of $X$ is generically finite, then $\deg \phi _X\leq 72$.

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