Iskovskikh Seminar May 22, 2025 18:00, Moscow, Steklov Mathematical Institute, room 530
Proof of Kulikov's Theorem on Degenerations of K3-surfaces via the Minimal
Model Program
I. Shatova
Abstract:
In 1977 V. S. Kulikov showed that a semi-stable degeneration of K3-surfaces,
such that all irreducible components of the special fiber are algebraic, after
a series of birational transformations can be arranged into a semi-stable
degeneration with relatively trivial canonical bundle. In his recent paper, J.
Jiménez proposed another proof of this theorem based on the minimal model
program. We will discuss this proof; moreover, I will try to explain why this
proof implies that one cannot run the minimal model program for an arbitrary
complex manifold.