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ON EXPLICIT BIRATIONAL GEOMETRY FOR POLARISED VARIETIES

MINZHE ZHU MINZHE ZHU, School of Mathematical Sciences, Fudan University, Shanghai, 200433, China [email protected]
Abstract.

In this paper, we investigate the explicit birational geometry for projective ϵ\epsilon-lc varieties polarised by nef and big Weil divisors. We show that if XX is a projective ϵ\epsilon-lc variety, HH is a nef and big Weil divisor with dimφH(X)¯n1\dim\overline{\varphi_{H}(X)}\geq n-1 and LL is an effective Weil divisor such that |LKX||L-K_{X}|\neq\emptyset or LKXL-K_{X} is nef, then we can find an explicit lower bound of vol(H)\operatorname{vol}(H) and prove that |L+mH||L+m^{\prime}H| is birational for mmm^{\prime}\geq m, where mm is an explicit number which depends only on nn and ϵ\epsilon. This result can be applied to polarised Calabi-Yau varieties, Fano varieties and varieties of general type, generalizing the results in [CEW22] and [Zhu23].

Key words and phrases:
polarised variety, volume, birational stability, boundedness
2020 Mathematics Subject Classification:
14J32, 14J40, 14J45

1. Introduction

Throughout this article, we work over the field of complex numbers \mathbb{C}.

Given a projective ϵ\epsilon-lc variety XX of dimension nn and a nef and big Weil divisor HH, there are two central questions in birational geometry:

  1. (i)

    the universal lower bound of vol(H)\operatorname{vol}(H);

  2. (ii)

    the universal mm such that |mH||mH| and |KX+mH||K_{X}+mH| are birational.

Especially, the following three cases are the most interesting:

  1. (1)

    H=KXH=K_{X} is nef and big, i.e. XX is a variety of general type;

  2. (2)

    H=KXH=-K_{X} is nef and big, i.e. XX is a weak Fano variety;

  3. (3)

    KX0K_{X}\equiv 0 and HH is nef and big, i.e. (X,H)(X,H) is a polarised Calabi-Yau variety.

When n3n\leq 3 and XX has at worst terminal singularities, there are a lot of research relating to the above three cases; see for example [Bom73, Rei88] for surface case,[CC08b, Jia16, Che18, JZ22] for threefold case.

As for arbitrary dimensions, given that HKXH-K_{X} is pseudo-effective, the existence of the universal lower bound of volume and the universal birationality of polarised varieties are guaranteed by the following remarkable theorem given by Birkar [Bir23].

Theorem 1.1.

[Bir23, Theorem 1.1] Let dd be a natural number and ϵ\epsilon be a positive real number. Then there exists a natural number mm depending only on d,ϵd,\epsilon satisfying the following. Assume that

  • XX is a projective ϵ\epsilon-lc variety of dimension dd,

  • HH is a nef and big integral divisor on XX, and

  • HKXH-K_{X} is pseudo-effective.

Then |mH+L||m^{\prime}H+L| and |KX+mH+L||K_{X}+m^{\prime}H+L| define birational maps for any natural number mmm^{\prime}\geq m and any integral pseudo-effective divisor LL.

However, Birkar used potential birationality of divisors and properties of bounded family in [Bir23] to prove this theorem, which is not a practical way to calculate the explicit bounds of volume and birationality. Hence it is natural to ask under what conditions can we find the explicit universal bounds of volume and birationality.

The first result was given by Chen-Esser-Wang. In [CEW22], they gave the optimal bounds of volume and canonical stability for minimal projective nn-folds of general type with canonical dimension nn or n1n-1. Later, in [Zhu23] the author used a similar method to give the optimal bounds for weak Fano varieties and polarised Calabi-Yau varieties.

However, these results only applied to varieties with at worst canonical singularities, and the canonical divisor has strict numerical restriction.

In this article, we will estimate the explicit bounds of volume and birationality for a general polarised variety (X,H)(X,H) with ϵ\epsilon-lc singularities and dimφH(X)¯dimX1\dim\overline{\varphi_{H}(X)}\geq\dim X-1.

The main results of this paper are the following:

Theorem 1.2.

Let XX be a projective ϵ\epsilon-lc variety of dimension nn. Let HH be a nef and big Weil divisor on XX and LL be an effective Weil divisor satisfying one of the following conditions:

  1. (i)

    |LKX||L-K_{X}|\neq\emptyset;

  2. (ii)

    LKXL-K_{X} is nef.

Then each of the following conclusions holds:

  1. (1)

    If dimφH(X)¯=n\dim\overline{\varphi_{H}(X)}=n and φH\varphi_{H} is not birational, then vol(H)2{\rm vol}(H)\geq 2 and |L+mH||L+mH| is birational for mn+1m\geq n+1;

  2. (2)

    If dimφH(X)¯=n1\dim\overline{\varphi_{H}(X)}=n-1, then vol(H)ϵn\operatorname{vol}(H)\geq\frac{\epsilon}{n} and |L+mH||L+mH| is birational for mn+2nϵm\geq n+\lfloor\frac{2n}{\epsilon}\rfloor.

Remark 1.3.

We can use this theorem to prove birationality as following: Let HH be a nef and big Weil divisor on a projective ϵ\epsilon-lc variety XX of dimension nn and we want to know when |mH||mH| or |KX+mH||K_{X}+mH| will be birational. If we know that |tH||tH| induces a rational map from XX to an image of dimension n1\geq n-1, then we consider the following two special cases: If |KX+H||K_{X}+H|\neq\emptyset, then we take the effective divisor L|KX+H|L\in|K_{X}+H| and conclude that |KX+(1+mt)H||K_{X}+(1+mt)H| is birational for mn+2nϵm\geq n+\lfloor\frac{2n}{\epsilon}\rfloor; If tHKXtH-K_{X} is nef, then we take the effective divisor L|tH|L\in|tH| and conclude that |mtH||mtH| is birational for mn+2nϵ+1m\geq n+\lfloor\frac{2n}{\epsilon}\rfloor+1. (Roughly speaking, from the image of dimension n1\geq n-1 to birational image, we only need to increase the divisor by n+2nϵ+1n+\lfloor\frac{2n}{\epsilon}\rfloor+1 times.)

We sketch the proof of Theorem 1.2 here. Given a projective ϵ\epsilon-lc variety of dimension nn, a nef and big Weil divisor HH with dimφH(X)¯n1\dim\overline{\varphi_{H}(X)}\geq n-1, and an effective Weil divisor LL satisfying Condition (i)(i) or (ii)(ii). First we take a sufficiently high resolution π:XX\pi:{X^{\prime}}\to X such that π(H)=M+N\pi^{*}(H)=M+N, where MM is the base point free moving part and NN is the fixed part.

The strategy for estimating the volume of HH and the birationality of |L+mH||L+mH| is to slice X{X^{\prime}} by general members of |M||M| for n1n-1 times and get a chain of smooth varieties Z1Z2Zn=XZ_{1}\subseteq Z_{2}\subseteq\cdots\subseteq Z_{n}={X^{\prime}} with dimZi=i\dim Z_{i}=i. By basic calculation of intersection number and Birationality Principle 3.4, we can reduce both problems to the curve Z1Z_{1}. The remaining question is to estimate the lower bound of degZ1π(H)\deg_{Z_{1}}\pi^{*}(H), which is the most difficult part in the proof. We will deal with this tricky part in Subsection 4.2.  

As corollaries, we apply this theorem to the following three cases:

  1. (1)

    KXK_{X} is nef and big and H=lKXH=lK_{X} for some ll\in\mathbb{N};

  2. (2)

    KX-K_{X} is nef and big and H=lKXH=-lK_{X} for some ll\in\mathbb{N};

  3. (3)

    KX0K_{X}\equiv 0 and HH is a nef and big Weil divisor on XX.

Corollary 1.4.

Let XX be a projective ϵ\epsilon-lc variety of dimension nn with KXK_{X} nef and big and ll be a positive integer.

  1. (1)

    If dimφlKX(X)¯=n\dim\overline{\varphi_{lK_{X}}(X)}=n and φlKX\varphi_{lK_{X}} is not birational, then vol(KX)2ln{\rm vol}(K_{X})\geq\frac{2}{l^{n}} and |mlKX||mlK_{X}| is birational for mn+2m\geq n+2;

  2. (2)

    If dimφlKX(X)¯=n1\dim\overline{\varphi_{lK_{X}}(X)}=n-1, then vol(KX)ϵnln\operatorname{vol}(K_{X})\geq\frac{\epsilon}{nl^{n}} and |mlKX||mlK_{X}| is birational for mn+2nϵ+1m\geq n+\lfloor\frac{2n}{\epsilon}\rfloor+1.

Corollary 1.5.

Let XX be a projective ϵ\epsilon-lc variety of dimension nn with KX-K_{X} nef and big and ll be a positive integer.

  1. (1)

    If dimφlKX(X)¯=n\dim\overline{\varphi_{-lK_{X}}(X)}=n and φlKX\varphi_{-lK_{X}} is not birational, then vol(KX)2ln{\rm vol}(-K_{X})\geq\frac{2}{l^{n}} and |mlKX||-mlK_{X}| is birational for mn+1m\geq n+1;

  2. (2)

    If dimφlKX(X)¯=n1\dim\overline{\varphi_{-lK_{X}}(X)}=n-1, then vol(KX)ϵnln\operatorname{vol}(-K_{X})\geq\frac{\epsilon}{nl^{n}} and |mlKX||-mlK_{X}| is birational for mn+2nϵm\geq n+\lfloor\frac{2n}{\epsilon}\rfloor.

Corollary 1.6.

Let XX be a projective ϵ\epsilon-lc variety of dimension nn with KX0K_{X}\equiv 0, HH be a nef and big Weil divisor on XX and ll be a positive integer.

  1. (1)

    If dimφlH(X)¯=n\dim\overline{\varphi_{lH}(X)}=n and φlH\varphi_{lH} is not birational, then vol(H)2ln\operatorname{vol}(H)\geq\frac{2}{l^{n}} and |mlH||mlH| is birational for mn+1m\geq n+1;

  2. (2)

    If dimφlH(X)¯=n1\dim\overline{\varphi_{lH}(X)}=n-1, then vol(H)ϵnln\operatorname{vol}(H)\geq\frac{\epsilon}{nl^{n}} and |mlH||mlH| is birational for mn+2nϵm\geq n+\lfloor\frac{2n}{\epsilon}\rfloor.

Corollary 1.4 generalizes the result in [CEW22]; Corollary 1.5 and Corollary 1.6 are generalisations of the results in [Zhu23].  

Another application of Theorem 1.2 is to estimate the volume and birationality of a projective ϵ\epsilon-lc polarised surface. Notice that given a projective surface SS and a \mathbb{Q}-Cartier Weil divisor HH, if h0(H)2h^{0}(H)\geq 2, then dimφH(S)¯1\dim\overline{\varphi_{H}(S)}\geq 1.

Corollary 1.7.

Let SS be a projective ϵ\epsilon-lc surface. Let HH be a nef and big Weil divisor on SS with h0(H)2h^{0}(H)\geq 2 and LL be an effective Weil divisor satisfying one of the following conditions:

  1. (i)

    |LKS||L-K_{S}|\neq\emptyset;

  2. (ii)

    LKSL-K_{S} is nef.

Then vol(H)ϵ2\operatorname{vol}(H)\geq\frac{\epsilon}{2} and |L+mH||L+mH| is birational for m2+4ϵm\geq 2+\lfloor\frac{4}{\epsilon}\rfloor.

In the last section, we give some examples to show that in Theorem 1.2 our estimations are almost optimal.

2. Preliminary

2.1. Basic definitions

We recall some basic definitions in birational geometry in this subsection.

Definition 2.1 (Volume).

Let XX be a projective variety of dimension nn and DD be a \mathbb{Q}-divisor in XX. Define the volume of DD as

vol(D)=lim¯mn!h0(mD)mn.{\rm vol}(D)=\varlimsup_{m\to\infty}\frac{n!h^{0}(\lfloor mD\rfloor)}{m^{n}}.

If DD is nef, then vol(D)=Dn\operatorname{vol}(D)=D^{n}.

Definition 2.2 (Singularities).

Let XX be a projective normal variety such that KXK_{X} is \mathbb{Q}-Cartier. Let XX{X^{\prime}}\to X be a resolution of XX and KX+BXK_{{X^{\prime}}}+B_{{X^{\prime}}} be the pullback of KXK_{X}. The log discrepancy of a prime divisor DD on X{X^{\prime}} is defined as

a(D,X,0):=1μDBX.a(D,X,0):=1-\mu_{D}B_{{X^{\prime}}}.

The minimal log discrepancy of XX at a point xx is defined as

mld(Xx):=min{a(D,X,0)|D is a divisor on X with center {x}},\text{\rm mld}(X\ni x):=\min\{a(D,X,0)|\text{$D$ is a divisor on ${X^{\prime}}$ with center $\{x\}$}\},

and the minimal log discrepancy of XX is defined as

mld(X):=min{a(D,X,0)|D is a divisor on X},\text{\rm mld}(X):=\min\{a(D,X,0)|\text{$D$ is a divisor on ${X^{\prime}}$}\},

Given ϵ(0,1]\epsilon\in(0,1], we say that XX is ϵ\epsilon-lc if mld(X)ϵ\text{\rm mld}(X)\geq\epsilon.

Definition 2.3 (Rational map defined by a Weil divisor).

Given a projective variety XX of dimension nn and an effective \mathbb{Q}-Cartier Weil divisor HH on XX with h0(X,H)2h^{0}(X,H)\geq 2, we define the rational map φH\varphi_{H} as the following:

By Hironaka’s big theorem, we can take successive blow-ups π:XX\pi:{X^{\prime}}\to X such that:

  • X{X^{\prime}} is nonsingular projective;

  • π(H)=M+N\pi^{*}(H)=M+N where MM is the base point free moving part and NN is the fixed part.

  • the union of the support of π(H)\pi^{*}(H) and the exceptional divisors of π\pi is simple normal crossings.

Since |M||M| is base point free, it induces a morphism μ:XT\mu:{X^{\prime}}\to T. Hence we define φH\varphi_{H} as the induced rational map φH:XT\varphi_{H}:X\dashrightarrow T and define φH(X)¯:=T\overline{\varphi_{H}(X)}:=T.

2.2. Moving part

The following lemma is useful to compare the moving part of a linear system with the counterpart of its restriction.

Lemma 2.4.

[Che01, lemma2.7] Let X be a smooth projective variety of dimension 2\geq 2. Let DD be a divisor on XX, h0(X,𝒪X(D))2h^{0}(X,{\mathcal{O}}_{X}(D))\geq 2 and SS be a smooth irreducible divisor on XX such that SS is not a fixed component of |D||D|. Denote by MM the movable part of |D||D| and by NN the movable part of |D|S||D|_{S}| on SS. Suppose the natural restriction map

H0(X,𝒪X(D))𝜃H0(S,𝒪S(D|S))H^{0}(X,{\mathcal{O}}_{X}(D))\xrightarrow{\theta}H^{0}(S,{\mathcal{O}}_{S}(D|_{S}))

is surjective. Then M|SNM|_{S}\geq N and thus

h0(S,𝒪S(M|S))=h0(S,𝒪S(N))=h0(S,𝒪S(D|S)).h^{0}(S,{\mathcal{O}}_{S}(M|_{S}))=h^{0}(S,{\mathcal{O}}_{S}(N))=h^{0}(S,{\mathcal{O}}_{S}(D|_{S})).

2.3. Projection formula

We need the following projection lemma to control the moving part of a Cartier divisor in a resolution:

Lemma 2.5.

[Che11, Lemma 2.3] Let XX be a normal projective variety and DD be a \mathbb{Q}-Cartier Weil divisor. Let π:XX\pi:{X^{\prime}}\rightarrow X be a resolution of singularities. Assume that EE is an effective exceptional \mathbb{Q}-divisor on X{X^{\prime}} such that π(D)+E\pi^{*}(D)+E is a Cartier divisor on X{X^{\prime}}.

Then

π𝒪X(π(D)+E)=𝒪X(D),\pi_{*}{\mathcal{O}}_{{X^{\prime}}}(\pi^{*}(D)+E)={\mathcal{O}}_{X}(D),

where 𝒪X(D){\mathcal{O}}_{X}(D) is the reflexive sheaf corresponding to the Weil divisor DD.

Remark 2.6.

Especially, we conclude that h0(X,π(D)+E)=h0(X,D)h^{0}({X^{\prime}},\pi^{*}(D)+E)=h^{0}(X,D), hence Mov|π(D)+E|π(D)\text{Mov}|\pi^{*}(D)+E|\leq\pi^{*}(D).

3. Birationality Principle

In this section we introduce a useful method to prove birationality of a linear system.

Definition 3.1.

[CZ08, Definition 2.3] A generic irreducible element SS of a movable linear system |M||M| on a variety XX is a generic irreducible component in a general member of |M||M|.

Remark 3.2.

By definition one can easily see that

  1. (1)

    if dim φ|M|(X)¯2\overline{\varphi_{|M|}(X)}\geq 2, then SS is a general member of |M||M|;

  2. (2)

    If dim φ|M|(X)¯=1\overline{\varphi_{|M|}(X)}=1 (i.e.|M||M| is composed with a pencil), then MtSM\equiv tS for some integer th0(M)1t\geq h^{0}(M)-1.

Definition 3.3.

[CC15, Definition 2.6] Let |M||M| be a movable linear system on a variety XX. We say |M||M| distinguishes two different generic irreducible elements S1,S2S_{1},S_{2} if φ|M|(S1)¯φ|M|(S2)¯\overline{\varphi_{|M|}(S_{1})}\not=\overline{\varphi_{|M|}(S_{2})}.

We will frequently use the following birational principle in [CC08a, Section 2.7] to prove birationality.

Proposition 3.4.

(Birationality Principle). Let DD and MM be two divisors on a smooth projective variety XX. Assume that |M||M| is base point free. Take the Stein factorization of φ|M|:X𝑓Wh0(X,M)1\varphi_{|M|}:X\xrightarrow{f}W\rightarrow\mathbb{P}^{h^{0}(X,M)-1}, where ff is a fibration onto a normal variety WW. For a sublinear system V|D+M|V\subset|D+M|, the rational map φV\varphi_{V} is birational onto its image if one of the following conditions satisfies:

  1. (1)

    dimφ|M|(X)2,|D|\dim\varphi_{|M|}(X)\geq 2,|D|\not=\emptyset and φV|S\varphi_{V}|_{S} is birational for a general member SS of |M||M|;

  2. (2)

    dimφ|M|(X)=1\dim\varphi_{|M|}(X)=1, φV\varphi_{V} distinguishes general fibers of ff and φV|F\varphi_{V}|_{F} is birational for a general fiber FF of ff.

4. Proof of Theorem 1.2

In this section we assume that XX is a projective ϵ\epsilon-lc variety of dimension nn and HH is a nef and big Weil divisor such that

dimφH(X)¯=dn1.\dim\overline{\varphi_{H}(X)}=d\geq n-1.

Step 1: In this step we setup basic notations and make some assumptions.

Taking a small \mathbb{Q}-factorialisation we can assume that XX is \mathbb{Q}-factorial. Let π:XX\pi:{X^{\prime}}\to X be a sufficiently high resolution such that π(H)=M+N\pi^{*}(H)=M+N, where |M||M| is the base point free movable part, NN is the fixed part. Take Zn=XZ_{n}={X^{\prime}}.

Inductively, for 2kn2\leq k\leq n we can assume Zk1Z_{k-1} as a generic irreducible element of |M|Zk||M|_{Z_{k}}|. By Bertini’s theorem, we have the following chain of smooth projective subvarieties:

Z1Zn1Zn=X.Z_{1}\subset\cdots\subset Z_{n-1}\subset Z_{n}={X^{\prime}}. (4.1)

Since Zk1Z_{k-1} is general, we can assume that

  1. (1)

    π(H)|Zj\pi^{*}(H)|_{Z_{j}} is big for each j=1,2,n1j=1,2,\cdots n-1;

  2. (2)

    π(H)|ZiZi1+N|Zi\pi^{*}(H)|_{Z_{i}}\equiv Z_{i-1}+N|_{Z_{i}} for i=3,4,,n1i=3,4,\cdots,n-1 and π(H)|Z2βZ1+N|Z2\pi^{*}(H)|_{Z_{2}}\equiv\beta Z_{1}+N|_{Z_{2}} where β\beta\in\mathbb{N} and Zj1Supp(N|Zj)Z_{j-1}\notin\operatorname{Supp}(N|_{Z_{j}}) for j2j\geq 2.

Replacing X{X^{\prime}} we can assume Supp(π(H)),Zi\operatorname{Supp}(\pi^{*}(H)),Z_{i} and exceptional divisors are simple normal crossing.

Step 2: In this step and the next step, we reduce the problem to the curve Z1Z_{1} and get our key inequality (4.4), which is essential to estimate the lower bound of degZ1π(H)\deg_{Z_{1}}\pi^{*}(H) and hence estimate vol(H)\operatorname{vol}(H) and birationality.

If m>n2+1βm>n-2+\frac{1}{\beta}, then

mπ(H)NZn1(m1)π(H)m\pi^{*}(H)-N-Z_{n-1}\equiv(m-1)\pi^{*}(H)

is a nef and big \mathbb{Q}-divisor with simple normal crossing fractional part.

By Kawamata-Viehweg vanishing theorem[Kaw82, Vie82],

|KX+mπ(H)||Zn1\displaystyle|K_{{X^{\prime}}}+\lceil m\pi^{*}(H)\rceil||_{Z_{n-1}} |KX+mπ(H)N||Zn1\displaystyle\succcurlyeq|K_{{X^{\prime}}}+\lceil m\pi^{*}(H)-N\rceil||_{Z_{n-1}}
|KZn1+(mπ(H)Zn1N)|Zn1|\displaystyle\succcurlyeq|K_{Z_{n-1}}+\lceil(m\pi^{*}(H)-Z_{n-1}-N)|_{Z_{n-1}}\rceil|

By induction, for i=3,,n1i=3,\cdots,n-1, we have

|KX+mπ(H)||Zi1\displaystyle\indent|K_{{X^{\prime}}}+\lceil m\pi^{*}(H)\rceil||_{Z_{i-1}}
|KZi+mπ(H)|Zik=i+1n(Zk1|Zi+N|Zi)||Zi1\displaystyle\succcurlyeq|K_{Z_{i}}+\lceil m\pi^{*}(H)|_{Z_{i}}-\sum_{k=i+1}^{n}(Z_{k-1}|_{Z_{i}}+N|_{Z_{i}})\rceil||_{Z_{i-1}}
|KZi1+mπ(H)|Zi1k=in(Zk1+N|Zk1)|Zi1|\displaystyle\succcurlyeq|K_{Z_{i-1}}+\lceil m\pi^{*}(H)|_{Z_{i-1}}-\sum_{k=i}^{n}(Z_{k-1}+N|_{Z_{k-1}})|_{Z_{i-1}}\rceil|

Hence

|KX+mπ(H)||Z1\displaystyle\indent|K_{{X^{\prime}}}+\lceil m\pi^{*}(H)\rceil||_{Z_{1}}
|KZ2+mπ(H)|Z2k=3n(Zk1+N|Zk1)||Z1\displaystyle\succcurlyeq|K_{Z_{2}}+\lceil m\pi^{*}(H)|_{Z_{2}}-\sum_{k=3}^{n}(Z_{k-1}+N|_{Z_{k-1}})\rceil||_{Z_{1}}
|KZ1+mπ(H)|Z1k=3n(Zk1+N|Zk1)|Z1(Z1|Z1+1βN|Z1)|\displaystyle\succcurlyeq|K_{Z_{1}}+\lceil m\pi^{*}(H)|_{Z_{1}}-\sum_{k=3}^{n}(Z_{k-1}+N|_{Z_{k-1}})|_{Z_{1}}-(Z_{1}|_{Z_{1}}+\frac{1}{\beta}N|_{Z_{1}})\rceil|

Step 3: Define

Mm:=Mov|KX+mπ(H)|,M_{m}:=\text{Mov}|K_{{X^{\prime}}}+\lceil m\pi^{*}(H)\rceil|,
Pm:=mπ(H)|Z1k=3n(Zk1+N|Zk1)|Z1(Z1|Z1+1βN|Z1).P_{m}:=m\pi^{*}(H)|_{Z_{1}}-\sum_{k=3}^{n}(Z_{k-1}+N|_{Z_{k-1}})|_{Z_{1}}-(Z_{1}|_{Z_{1}}+\frac{1}{\beta}N|_{Z_{1}}).

Since

Pm(m(n2+1β))π(H)|Z1,P_{m}\equiv(m-(n-2+\frac{1}{\beta}))\pi^{*}(H)|_{Z_{1}},

we have degZ1(Pm)=degZ1(m(n2+1β))π(H)\deg_{Z_{1}}(P_{m})=\deg_{Z_{1}}(m-(n-2+\frac{1}{\beta}))\pi^{*}(H).

By Lemma 2.4,

Mm|Z1Mov|KZ1+Pm|M_{m}|_{Z_{1}}\geq\text{Mov}|K_{Z_{1}}+\lceil P_{m}\rceil| (4.2)

for any m>n2+1βm>n-2+\frac{1}{\beta}.

On the other hand, we can write KX=π(KX)+EFK_{{X^{\prime}}}=\pi^{*}(K_{X})+E-F where E,FE,F are effective exceptional \mathbb{Q}-divisors with no common components. Therefore,

KX+mπ(H)\displaystyle K_{{X^{\prime}}}+\lceil m\pi^{*}(H)\rceil =π(KX)+EF+mπ(H)\displaystyle={\pi^{*}(K_{X})}+E-F+\lceil m\pi^{*}(H)\rceil
=π(KX)+mπ(H)+E+{mπ(H)}F.\displaystyle={\pi^{*}(K_{X})}+m\pi^{*}(H)+E+\{-m\pi^{*}(H)\}-F.

Since E+{mπ(H)}E+\{-m\pi^{*}(H)\} is an effective exceptional \mathbb{Q}-divisor, by Lemma 2.5,

π𝒪X(KX+mπ(H))\displaystyle\pi_{*}{\mathcal{O}}_{{X^{\prime}}}(K_{{X^{\prime}}}+\lceil m\pi^{*}(H)\rceil) π𝒪X(π(KX)+mπ(H)+E+{mπ(H)})\displaystyle\subseteq\pi_{*}{\mathcal{O}}_{{X^{\prime}}}({\pi^{*}(K_{X})}+m\pi^{*}(H)+E+\{-m\pi^{*}(H)\})
=𝒪X(KX+mH).\displaystyle={\mathcal{O}}_{X}(K_{X}+mH).

Hence

Mmπ(KX)+mπ(H).M_{m}\leq{\pi^{*}(K_{X})}+m\pi^{*}(H). (4.3)

Combine (4.2),(4.3) and we conclude that

(π(KX)+mπ(H))|Z1Mov|KZ1+Pm|.({\pi^{*}(K_{X})}+m\pi^{*}(H))|_{Z_{1}}\geq\text{Mov}|K_{Z_{1}}+\lceil P_{m}\rceil|. (4.4)

In the remaining of this section we divide into two cases, the first case is dimφH(X)¯=n\dim\overline{\varphi_{H}(X)}=n, which is relatively simple. The second case is dimφH(X)¯=n1\dim\overline{\varphi_{H}(X)}=n-1, which is much more tricky and take the most length in this section.

4.1. Case 1: dimφH(X)¯=n\dim\overline{\varphi_{H}(X)}=n and φH\varphi_{H} is not birational

In this case, we have β=1\beta=1 as in Remark 3.2.

Step 4: In this step we estimate degZ1π(H)\deg_{Z_{1}}\pi^{*}(H) and vol(H)\operatorname{vol}(H).

Since φH\varphi_{H} is not birational, φM\varphi_{M} is not birational, hence degφM2\deg\varphi_{M}\geq 2 and

Mn=degφMdegφM(X)2.M^{n}=\deg\varphi_{M}\cdot\deg\varphi_{M}({X^{\prime}})\geq 2.

Since π(H)\pi^{*}(H) and MM are nef, we have the following inequalities:

degZ1π(H)=(π(H))n1Z1Mn1Z1=Mn2,\deg_{Z_{1}}\pi^{*}(H)=(\pi^{*}(H))^{n-1}\cdot Z_{1}\geq M^{n-1}\cdot Z_{1}=M^{n}\geq 2,
vol(H)=vol(π(H))Mn2.\operatorname{vol}(H)=\operatorname{vol}(\pi^{*}(H))\geq M^{n}\geq 2.

Step 5: In this step we consider the birationality of |L+mH||L+mH|.

Recall that LL is an effective divisor. Applying Proposition 3.4 on chain (4.1) inductively implies that

φ|π(L+mH)| is birational\displaystyle\varphi_{|\pi^{*}(L+mH)|}\text{ is birational} φ|π(L+mH)||Zn1is birational\displaystyle\iff\varphi_{|\pi^{*}(L+mH)||_{Z_{n-1}}}\text{is birational}
φ|π(L+mH)||Z1is birational\displaystyle\iff\cdots\iff\varphi_{|\pi^{*}(L+mH)||_{Z_{1}}}\text{is birational}

4.1.1. Case 1.1: |LKX||L-K_{X}|\neq\emptyset.

In this subcase we can modify LL so that LKXL\geq K_{X}. Since Z1Z_{1} is general, we can further assume that π(L)|Z1π(KX)|Z1\pi^{*}(L)|_{Z_{1}}\geq{\pi^{*}(K_{X})}|_{Z_{1}}, hence φ|π(L+mH)||Z1\varphi_{|\pi^{*}(L+mH)||_{Z_{1}}} is birational if φ|π(KX+mH)||Z1\varphi_{|\pi^{*}(K_{X}+mH)||_{Z_{1}}} is birational.

By (4.4), φ|π(KX+mH)||Z1\varphi_{|\pi^{*}(K_{X}+mH)||_{Z_{1}}} is birational if and only if φ|KZ1+Pm|\varphi_{|K_{Z_{1}}+\lceil P_{m}\rceil|} is birational. This is true when degZ1Pm=degZ1(mn+1)π(H)>2\deg_{Z_{1}}P_{m}=\deg_{Z_{1}}(m-n+1)\pi^{*}(H)>2. Hence φ|L+mH|\varphi_{|L+mH|} is birational for mn+1m\geq n+1.

4.1.2. Case 1.2: LKXL-K_{X} is nef

In this subcase we can modify XX^{\prime} so that π(LKX)\pi^{*}(L-K_{X}), π(H),Zi\pi^{*}(H),Z_{i} and exceptional divisors are simple normal crossing. Since π(H)|Zj\pi^{*}(H)|_{Z_{j}} is nef and big for each j=1,2,,n1j=1,2,\cdots,n-1 and π(LKX)\pi^{*}(L-K_{X}) is nef, π(LKX+mH)|Zj\pi^{*}(L-K_{X}+mH)|_{Z_{j}} is nef and big for j=1,2,,n1j=1,2,\cdots,n-1.

As the same with Step 2, by Kawamata-Viehweg vanishing theorem [Kaw82, Vie82] and induction, we have

|KX+π(LKX+mH)||Z1|KZ1+π(LKX)|Z1+Pm|.|K_{{X^{\prime}}}+\lceil\pi^{*}(L-K_{X}+mH)\rceil||_{Z_{1}}\succcurlyeq|K_{Z_{1}}+\lceil\pi^{*}(L-K_{X})|_{Z_{1}}+P_{m}\rceil|.

By Lemma 2.4, we have

Mov|KX+π(LKX+mH)||Z1Mov|KZ1+π(LKX)|Z1+Pm|.\text{Mov}|K_{{X^{\prime}}}+\lceil\pi^{*}(L-K_{X}+mH)\rceil||_{Z_{1}}\geq\text{Mov}|K_{Z_{1}}+\lceil\pi^{*}(L-K_{X})|_{Z_{1}}+P_{m}\rceil|.

As in Step 3, we have

Mov|KX+π(LKX+mH)|π(L+mH).\text{Mov}|K_{{X^{\prime}}}+\lceil\pi^{*}(L-K_{X}+mH)\rceil|\leq\pi^{*}(L+mH). (4.5)

Hence φ|π(L+mH)||Z1\varphi_{|\pi^{*}(L+mH)||_{Z_{1}}} is birational if φ|KZ1+π(LKX)|Z1+Pm\varphi_{|K_{Z_{1}}+\lceil\pi^{*}(L-K_{X})|_{Z_{1}}+P_{m}\rceil} is birational. Since

degZ1π(LKX)|Z1+PmdegZ1Pm=degZ1(mn+1)π(H),\deg_{Z_{1}}\pi^{*}(L-K_{X})|_{Z_{1}}+P_{m}\geq\deg_{Z_{1}}P_{m}=\deg_{Z_{1}}(m-n+1)\pi^{*}(H),

this is true when degZ1(mn+1)π(H)>2\deg_{Z_{1}}(m-n+1)\pi^{*}(H)>2. Hence φ|L+mH|\varphi_{|L+mH|} is birational for mn+1m\geq n+1.

4.2. Case 2: dimφlKX(X)¯=n1\dim\overline{\varphi_{-lK_{X}}(X)}=n-1

The main difficulty in this case is that since XX may have singularities worse than canonical singularities, the exceptional divisors with log discrepancy less than 11 may contribute negativity on |KZ1+Pm|Z1||K_{Z_{1}}+\lceil P_{m}\rceil|_{Z_{1}}|, hence we cannot bound degZ1π(H)\deg_{Z_{1}}\pi^{*}(H) from below away from zero by just taking degree on (4.4) as in [CEW22, Zhu23].

Therefore, we need to consider the components in π(H)\pi^{*}(H) more explicitly and this is the motivation of the following lemma:

Lemma 4.1.

Let XX be a projective variety of dimension nn and HH be a nef and big \mathbb{Q}-Cartier Weil divisor with dimφH(X)¯=n1\dim\overline{\varphi_{H}(X)}=n-1. Let π:XX\pi:X^{\prime}\to X be a resolution such that XX^{\prime} is smooth and π(H)=M+N\pi^{*}(H)=M+N, where MM is the base point free moving part and NN is the fixed part. The linear system |M||M| induces a morphism μ:XT\mu:X^{\prime}\to T.

If SS is an π\pi-exceptional prime divisor horizontal over TT (i.e. μ(S)=T\mu(S)=T), then SSuppNS\subseteq\operatorname{Supp}N.

Proof.

Since SS is exceptional, Sπ(H)n1=π(S)Hn1=0S\cdot\pi^{*}(H)^{n-1}=\pi(S)\cdot H^{n-1}=0 by projection formula. As SS is horizontal over TT, SMn1>0S\cdot M^{n-1}>0. Let

t=max{k|Sπ(H)niMi1=0,1ik}.t=\max\{k\in\mathbb{N}|S\cdot\pi^{*}(H)^{n-i}\cdot M^{i-1}=0,1\leq i\leq k\}.

Then

0\displaystyle 0 =Sπ(H)ntMt1\displaystyle=S\cdot\pi^{*}(H)^{n-t}\cdot M^{t-1}
=Sπ(H)nt1Mt1N+Sπ(H)nt1Mt.\displaystyle=S\cdot\pi^{*}(H)^{n-t-1}\cdot M^{t-1}\cdot N+S\cdot\pi^{*}(H)^{n-t-1}\cdot M^{t}.

By definition of tt,

Sπ(H)nt1Mt>0,S\cdot\pi^{*}(H)^{n-t-1}\cdot M^{t}>0,

hence we have

Sπ(H)nt1Mt1N<0.S\cdot\pi^{*}(H)^{n-t-1}\cdot M^{t-1}\cdot N<0.

If SSuppNS\nsubseteq\operatorname{Supp}N, then N|Sπ(H)|Snt1M|St10N|_{S}\cdot\pi^{*}(H)|_{S}^{n-t-1}\cdot M|_{S}^{t-1}\geq 0 since N|SN|_{S} is an effective divisor and π(H)|S,M|S\pi^{*}(H)|_{S},M|_{S} are nef divisors, which is a contradiction. ∎

Step 4: In this step we estimate degZ1π(H)\deg_{Z_{1}}\pi^{*}(H) and vol(H)\operatorname{vol}(H).

The base point free linear system |M||M| induces a morphism μ:XT\mu:{X^{\prime}}\to T. Taking the Stein factorialisation, we can assume that μ\mu has connected fiber. Hence Z1Z_{1} is the general fiber of μ\mu.

Recall that KX=π(KX)+EFK_{{X^{\prime}}}={\pi^{*}(K_{X})}+E-F where E,FE,F are effective exceptional \mathbb{Q}-divisors with no common components. Assume that F=i=1laiFiF=\sum_{i=1}^{l}a_{i}F_{i} where F1,,FrF_{1},\cdots,F_{r} are horizontal over φH(X)¯\overline{\varphi_{H}(X)}, and Fr+1,,FlF_{r+1},\cdots,F_{l} are vertical over φH(X)¯\overline{\varphi_{H}(X)}. Since Z1Z_{1} is general, SuppFiZ1=,ir+1\operatorname{Supp}F_{i}\cap Z_{1}=\emptyset,i\geq r+1. Hence

SuppFZ1=i=1rSuppFiZ1=:{x1,,xc}.\operatorname{Supp}F\cap Z_{1}=\bigcup_{i=1}^{r}\operatorname{Supp}F_{i}\cap Z_{1}=:\{x_{1},\cdots,x_{c}\}.

If SuppFZ1=\operatorname{Supp}F\cap Z_{1}=\emptyset, we let c=0c=0. Since XX is ϵ\epsilon-lc, ai1ϵa_{i}\leq 1-\epsilon. Since Z1Z_{1} is general, FiF_{i} and Z1Z_{1} are simple normal crossing for iri\leq r, hence multxiF|Z11ϵ\operatorname{mult}_{x_{i}}F|_{Z_{1}}\leq 1-\epsilon. Therefore degZ1Fc(1ϵ)\deg_{Z_{1}}F\leq c(1-\epsilon).

By Lemma 4.1, FiSuppNSuppπ(H)F_{i}\subseteq\operatorname{Supp}N\subseteq\operatorname{Supp}\pi^{*}(H) for iri\leq r. We can write

Suppπ(H)Z1={x1,,xc,xc+1,,xd}.\operatorname{Supp}\pi^{*}(H)\cap Z_{1}=\{x_{1},\cdots,x_{c},x_{c+1},\cdots,x_{d}\}.

Since π(H)|Z1\pi^{*}(H)|_{Z_{1}} is big, Suppπ(H)Z1\operatorname{Supp}\pi^{*}(H)\cap Z_{1}\neq\emptyset, hence d1d\geq 1.

Let multxiπ(H)|Z1=bi=piqi\operatorname{mult}_{x_{i}}\pi^{*}(H)|_{Z_{1}}=b_{i}=\frac{p_{i}}{q_{i}}, where (pi,qi)=1,i=1,2,,d(p_{i},q_{i})=1,i=1,2,\cdots,d. Take Q=i=1dqiQ=\prod_{i=1}^{d}q_{i}.

Recall that for mn2+1βm\geq n-2+\frac{1}{\beta}, we have the following inequality (4.4)

(π(KX)+mπ(H))|Z1Mov|KZ1+Pm|.({\pi^{*}(K_{X})}+m\pi^{*}(H))|_{Z_{1}}\geq\text{Mov}|K_{Z_{1}}+\lceil P_{m}\rceil|.

Since π(H)|Z1\pi^{*}(H)|_{Z_{1}} is big, degZ1π(H)>0\deg_{Z_{1}}\pi^{*}(H)>0. Taking m=λQ+n,λ,λ0m=\lambda Q+n,\lambda\in\mathbb{N},\lambda\gg 0, we have degZ1Pm=degZ1(m(n2+1β)π(H))2\deg_{Z_{1}}P_{m}=\deg_{Z_{1}}(m-(n-2+\frac{1}{\beta})\pi^{*}(H))\geq 2, which implies

Mov|KZ1+Pm|=|KZ1+Pm|.\text{Mov}|K_{Z_{1}}+\lceil P_{m}\rceil|=|K_{Z_{1}}+\lceil P_{m}\rceil|.

Taking degree on (4.4), the left side is

degZ1KZ1+Pm\displaystyle\deg_{Z_{1}}K_{Z_{1}}+\lceil P_{m}\rceil =degZ1((KX+(n2)M)|Z2+Z1)|Z1+Pm\displaystyle=\deg_{Z_{1}}((K_{{X^{\prime}}}+(n-2)M)|_{Z_{2}}+Z_{1})|_{Z_{1}}+\lceil P_{m}\rceil
=degZ1π(KX)+EF+(mn+21β)π(H)\displaystyle=\deg_{Z_{1}}{\pi^{*}(K_{X})}+E-F+\lceil(m-n+2-\frac{1}{\beta})\pi^{*}(H)\rceil
degZ1π(KX)F+(mn+1)π(H)\displaystyle\geq\deg_{Z_{1}}{\pi^{*}(K_{X})}-F+\lceil(m-n+1)\pi^{*}(H)\rceil
degZ1π(KX)+(mn+1)π(H)c(1ϵ).\displaystyle\geq\deg_{Z_{1}}{\pi^{*}(K_{X})}+\lceil(m-n+1)\pi^{*}(H)\rceil-c(1-\epsilon).

Therefore, we conclude

degZ1mπ(H)degZ1(mn+1)π(H)c(1ϵ)\deg_{Z_{1}}m\pi^{*}(H)\geq\deg_{Z_{1}}\lceil(m-n+1)\pi^{*}(H)\rceil-c(1-\epsilon) (4.6)

We claim that degZ1π(H)ϵn\deg_{Z_{1}}\pi^{*}(H)\geq\frac{\epsilon}{n}. If not, since

degZ1π(H)=i=1dmultxiπ(H)|Z1=i=1dbi,\deg_{Z_{1}}\pi^{*}(H)=\sum_{i=1}^{d}\operatorname{mult}_{x_{i}}\pi^{*}(H)|_{Z_{1}}=\sum_{i=1}^{d}b_{i},

we have bi<ϵn,1idb_{i}<\frac{\epsilon}{n},1\leq i\leq d.

Recall that bi=piqi,Q=i=1dqib_{i}=\frac{p_{i}}{q_{i}},Q=\prod_{i=1}^{d}q_{i}, hence QbiQb_{i}\in\mathbb{Z}. Therefore,

degZ1(mn+1)π(H)(mn+1)π(H)\displaystyle\indent\deg_{Z_{1}}\lceil(m-n+1)\pi^{*}(H)\rceil-(m-n+1)\pi^{*}(H)
=degZ1(λQ+1)π(H)(λQ+1)π(H)\displaystyle=\deg_{Z_{1}}\lceil(\lambda Q+1)\pi^{*}(H)\rceil-(\lambda Q+1)\pi^{*}(H)
=i=1d(λQ+1)bi(λQ+1)bi\displaystyle=\sum_{i=1}^{d}\lceil(\lambda Q+1)b_{i}\rceil-(\lambda Q+1)b_{i}
=i=1dbibi=ddegZ1π(H)\displaystyle=\sum_{i=1}^{d}\lceil b_{i}\rceil-b_{i}=d-\deg_{Z_{1}}\pi^{*}(H)

By (4.6), degZ1nπ(H)dc(1ϵ)min{1,ϵ}ϵ\deg_{Z_{1}}n\pi^{*}(H)\geq d-c(1-\epsilon)\geq\min\{1,\epsilon\}\geq\epsilon since dcd\geq c and d1d\geq 1, which is a contradiction. Hence degZ1π(H)ϵn\deg_{Z_{1}}\pi^{*}(H)\geq\frac{\epsilon}{n}.

Since π(H)\pi^{*}(H) and MM are nef,

vol(H)=vol(π(H))π(H)Mn1=βdegZ1π(H)ϵn.\operatorname{vol}(H)=\operatorname{vol}(\pi^{*}(H))\geq\pi^{*}(H)\cdot M^{n-1}=\beta\deg_{Z_{1}}\pi^{*}(H)\geq\frac{\epsilon}{n}.

Step 5: In this step we consider the birationality of φ|L+mH|\varphi_{|L+mH|}.

Recall that LL is effective. Applying Proposition 3.4 on chain (4.1) inductively, φ|L+mH|\varphi_{|L+mH|} is birational if and only if

  1. (I)

    φ|π(L+mH)||Z2\varphi_{|\pi^{*}(L+mH)||_{Z_{2}}} distinguishes different generic irreducible elements of φ|M||Z2\varphi_{|M||_{Z_{2}}};

  2. (II)

    φ|π(L+mH)||Z1\varphi_{|\pi^{*}(L+mH)||_{Z_{1}}} is birational.

4.2.1. Case 2.1: |LKX||L-K_{X}|\neq\emptyset.

As in Subsection 4.1.1, Condition (II) is satisfied when degPm>2\deg P_{m}>2. Hence it is sufficient to consider Condition (I).

If β=1\beta=1, then it is satisfied since

|π(L+mH)||Z2|πH||Z2|M||Z2.|\pi^{*}(L+mH)||_{Z_{2}}\succcurlyeq|\pi^{*}H||_{Z_{2}}\succcurlyeq|M||_{Z_{2}}.

If β2\beta\geq 2, choose two different generic irreducible elements C1C_{1},C2C_{2} of |M||Z2|M||_{Z_{2}}. M|Z2C1C2(β2)Z1M|_{Z_{2}}-C_{1}-C_{2}\equiv(\beta-2)Z_{1} is nef. Therefore, for m>n2m>n-2, by Kawamata-Viehweg vanishing theorem [Kaw82, Vie82] we conclude

|KX+mπ(H)||Z2\displaystyle\indent|K_{{X^{\prime}}}+\lceil m\pi^{*}(H)\rceil||_{Z_{2}}
|KX+(mn+1)π(H)+(n1)M||Z2\displaystyle\succcurlyeq|K_{{X^{\prime}}}+\lceil(m-n+1)\pi^{*}(H)\rceil+(n-1)M||_{Z_{2}}
|KZ2+(mn+1)π(H)|Z2+M|Z2|\displaystyle\succcurlyeq|K_{Z_{2}}+\lceil(m-n+1)\pi^{*}(H)|_{Z_{2}}\rceil+M|_{Z_{2}}|

and the surjective map:

H0(Z2,KZ2+(mn+1)π(H)|Z2+M|Z2)\displaystyle\indent H^{0}(Z_{2},K_{Z_{2}}+\lceil(m-n+1)\pi^{*}(H)|_{Z_{2}}\rceil+M|_{Z_{2}})
H0(C1,KC1+D1)H0(C2,KC2+D2)\displaystyle\rightarrow H^{0}(C_{1},K_{C_{1}}+D_{1})\oplus H^{0}(C_{2},K_{C_{2}}+D_{2})

where

Di:\displaystyle D_{i}: =((mn+1)π(H)|Z2+M|Z2Ci)|Ci\displaystyle=(\lceil(m-n+1)\pi^{*}(H)|_{Z_{2}}\rceil+M|_{Z_{2}}-C_{i})|_{C_{i}}
=(mn+1)π(H)|Z2|Ci\displaystyle=\lceil(m-n+1)\pi^{*}(H)|_{Z_{2}}\rceil|_{C_{i}}

for i=1,2i=1,2.

If

(mn+1)degCiπ(H)=(mn+1)degZ1π(H)>1,(m-n+1)\deg_{C_{i}}\pi^{*}(H)=(m-n+1)\deg_{Z_{1}}\pi^{*}(H)>1,

then degCiDi2\deg_{C_{i}}D_{i}\geq 2, which implies H0(Ci,KCi+Di)0H^{0}(C_{i},K_{C_{i}}+D_{i})\not=0, hence |KX+mπ(H)||Z2|K_{{X^{\prime}}}+\lceil m\pi^{*}(H)\rceil||_{Z_{2}} can distinguish different generic irreducible elements of |M||Z2|M||_{Z_{2}}. By (4.3), |π(KX+mH)||Z2|\pi^{*}(K_{X}+mH)||_{Z_{2}} can also distinguish different generic irreducible elements of |M||Z2|M||_{Z_{2}}.

Since |LKX||L-K_{X}|\neq\emptyset, modifying LL we can assume LKXL\geq K_{X}. Since Z2Z_{2} is a general member of |M|Z3||M|_{Z_{3}}|, π(L)|Z2π(KX)|Z2\pi^{*}(L)|_{Z_{2}}\geq{\pi^{*}(K_{X})}|_{Z_{2}}, hence |π(L+mH)||Z2|\pi^{*}(L+mH)||_{Z_{2}} can also distinguish different generic irreducible elements of |M||Z2|M||_{Z_{2}}. Therefore, Condition (I) is satisfied in this case.

In summary, if

degZ1Pm=(m(n2+1β))degZ1π(H)>2,\deg_{Z_{1}}P_{m}=(m-(n-2+\frac{1}{\beta}))\deg_{Z_{1}}\pi^{*}(H)>2,
(mn+1)degZ1π(H)>1,(m-n+1)\deg_{Z_{1}}\pi^{*}(H)>1,

then φ|L+mH|\varphi_{|L+mH|} is birational. Since degZ1π(H)ϵn\deg_{Z_{1}}\pi^{*}(H)\geq\frac{\epsilon}{n} and β1\beta\geq 1, both inequalities are satisfied when mn+2nϵm\geq n+\lfloor\frac{2n}{\epsilon}\rfloor.

4.2.2. Case 2.2: LKXL-K_{X} is nef.

As in Subsection 4.1.2, Condition (II) is satisfied when degZ1Pm>2\deg_{Z_{1}}P_{m}>2. Hence it is sufficient to consider Condition (I).

If β=1\beta=1, then it is satisfied since

|π(L+mH)||Z2|π(H)||Z2|M||Z2.|\pi^{*}(L+mH)||_{Z_{2}}\succcurlyeq|\pi^{*}(H)||_{Z_{2}}\succcurlyeq|M||_{Z_{2}}.

If β2\beta\geq 2, choose two different generic irreducible elements C1,C2C_{1},C_{2} of |M||Z2|M||_{Z_{2}}. As in Subsection 4.2.1, by Kawamata-Viehweg vanishing theorem [Kaw82, Vie82] we conclude

|KX+π(LKX+mH)||Z2\displaystyle\indent|K_{{X^{\prime}}}+\lceil\pi^{*}(L-K_{X}+mH)\rceil||_{Z_{2}}
|KX+π(LKX+(mn+1)H))+(n1)M||Z2\displaystyle\succcurlyeq|K_{{X^{\prime}}}+\lceil\pi^{*}(L-K_{X}+(m-n+1)H))\rceil+(n-1)M||_{Z_{2}}
|KZ2+π(LKX+(mn+1)H))|Z2+M|Z2|\displaystyle\succcurlyeq|K_{Z_{2}}+\lceil\pi^{*}(L-K_{X}+(m-n+1)H))|_{Z_{2}}\rceil+M|_{Z_{2}}|

and the surjective map:

H0(Z2,KZ2+π(LKX+(mn+1)H)|Z2+M|Z2)\displaystyle\indent H^{0}(Z_{2},K_{Z_{2}}+\lceil\pi^{*}(L-K_{X}+(m-n+1)H)|_{Z_{2}}\rceil+M|_{Z_{2}})
H0(C1,KC1+D1)H0(C2,KC2+D2)\displaystyle\rightarrow H^{0}(C_{1},K_{C_{1}}+D^{\prime}_{1})\oplus H^{0}(C_{2},K_{C_{2}}+D^{\prime}_{2})

where

Di:\displaystyle D^{\prime}_{i}: =(π(LKX+(mn+1)H)|Z2+M|Z2Ci)|Ci\displaystyle=(\lceil\pi^{*}(L-K_{X}+(m-n+1)H)|_{Z_{2}}\rceil+M|_{Z_{2}}-C_{i})|_{C_{i}}
=π(LKX+(mn+1)H)|Z2|Ci\displaystyle=\lceil\pi^{*}(L-K_{X}+(m-n+1)H)|_{Z_{2}}\rceil|_{C_{i}}

for i=1,2i=1,2.

Since LKXL-K_{X} is nef, degCiπ(LKX)0\deg_{C_{i}}\pi^{*}(L-K_{X})\geq 0. If

(mn+1)degCiπ(H)=(mn+1)degZ1π(H)>1,(m-n+1)\deg_{C_{i}}\pi^{*}(H)=(m-n+1)\deg_{Z_{1}}\pi^{*}(H)>1,

then degCiDi2\deg_{C_{i}}D^{\prime}_{i}\geq 2, which implies H0(Ci,KCi+Di)0H^{0}(C_{i},K_{C_{i}}+D^{\prime}_{i})\neq 0, hence |KX+π(LKX+mH)||Z2|K_{{X^{\prime}}}+\lceil\pi^{*}(L-K_{X}+mH)\rceil||_{Z_{2}} can distinguish different generic irreducible elements of |M||Z2|M||_{Z_{2}}.

As in Step 3 inequality (4.3), we have

Mov|KX+π(LKX+mH)|π(L+mH).\text{Mov}|K_{{X^{\prime}}}+\lceil\pi^{*}(L-K_{X}+mH)\rceil|\leq\pi^{*}(L+mH).

Hence |π(L+mH)||Z2|\pi^{*}(L+mH)||_{Z_{2}} can also distinguish different generic irreducible elements of |M||Z2|M||_{Z_{2}}. Therefore, Condition (I) is satisfied in this case.

In summary, if

degZ1Pm=(m(n2+1β))degZ1π(H)>2,\deg_{Z_{1}}P_{m}=(m-(n-2+\frac{1}{\beta}))\deg_{Z_{1}}\pi^{*}(H)>2,
(mn+1)degZ1π(H)>1,(m-n+1)\deg_{Z_{1}}\pi^{*}(H)>1,

then φ|L+mH|\varphi_{|L+mH|} is birational. Since degZ1π(H)ϵn\deg_{Z_{1}}\pi^{*}(H)\geq\frac{\epsilon}{n} and β1\beta\geq 1, both inequalities are satisfied when mn+2nϵm\geq n+\lfloor\frac{2n}{\epsilon}\rfloor.

5. Proof of Corollaries

In this section we prove the corollaries.

Proof of Corollary 1.4.

We take H=lKXH=lK_{X} and L|lKX|L\in|lK_{X}|, hence HH is nef and big, LL is effective and LKX(l1)KXL-K_{X}\equiv(l-1)K_{X} is nef. The corollary follows from Theorem 1.2. ∎

Proof of Corollary 1.5.

We take H=lKXH=-lK_{X} and L=0L=0, hence HH is nef and big, and LKX=KXL-K_{X}=-K_{X} is nef. The corollary follows from Theorem 1.2. ∎

Proof of Corollary 1.6.

In Theorem 1.2, we replace HH by lHlH and take L=0L=0, Since lHlH is nef and big and LKX0L-K_{X}\equiv 0, The corollary follows from Theorem 1.2. ∎

Proof of Corollary 1.7.

Since h0(H)2h^{0}(H)\geq 2, by Definition 2.3, dimφH(S)¯1\dim\overline{\varphi_{H}(S)}\geq 1, hence the corollary follows from Theorem 1.2. ∎

6. Examples

In this section we give some examples to show that in Theorem 1.2 our estimations are almost optimal.

Since our examples are hypersurfaces in weighted projective spaces, the involved singularities are cyclic quotient singularities. Hence we need the following basic lemma to compute the minimal log discrepancy of a cyclic quotient singularity. For a proof, we recommend the readers to [Amb05].

Lemma 6.1.

Let (xX)=1r(a1,,an)(x\in X)=\frac{1}{r}(a_{1},\cdots,a_{n}) be a cyclic quotient singularity, then

mld(Xx)=min1jri=1n(1+jairjair).\text{\rm mld}(X\ni x)=\min_{1\leq j\leq r}\sum_{i=1}^{n}(1+\frac{ja_{i}}{r}-\lceil\frac{ja_{i}}{r}\rceil).
Example 6.2.

Given n2n\geq 2, consider the general hypersurface

X=V2n+2(1(n+1),n+1).X=V_{2n+2}\subset\mathbb{P}(1^{(n+1)},n+1).

XX is smooth and ωX𝒪X\omega_{X}\cong{\mathcal{O}}_{X}. Let L=0L=0 and H𝒪X(1)H\cong{\mathcal{O}}_{X}(1). Then dimφH(X)¯=n\dim\overline{\varphi_{H}(X)}=n and φH\varphi_{H} is not birational. We have vol(H)=2\operatorname{vol}(H)=2 and |mH||mH| is birational for mn+1m\geq n+1.

Example 6.3.

Given Nn2N\geq n\geq 2, consider the general hypersurface

X=V6N(1(n),2N,3N).X=V_{6N}\subset\mathbb{P}(1^{(n)},2N,3N).

XX has cyclic quotient singularities of type 1N(1(n))\frac{1}{N}(1^{(n)}). Hence by Lemma 6.1, mld(X)=nN\text{\rm mld}(X)=\frac{n}{N}. Denote ϵ=nN\epsilon=\frac{n}{N}. Then XX is ϵ\epsilon-lc. Since ωX𝒪X(Nn)\omega_{X}\cong{\mathcal{O}}_{X}(N-n), we can take the effective divisor L|𝒪X(Nn)|L\in|{\mathcal{O}}_{X}(N-n)|. Let H𝒪X(1)H\cong{\mathcal{O}}_{X}(1). We have vol(H)=1N=ϵn\operatorname{vol}(H)=\frac{1}{N}=\frac{\epsilon}{n} and |L+mH||L+mH| is birational for mn+2N=n+2nϵm\geq n+2N=n+\frac{2n}{\epsilon}.

Acknowledgments

The author expresses his gratitude to his advisor Professor Meng Chen for his great support and encouragement. The author would like to thank Mengchu Li for correcting errors in the first version of this article. The author appreciates Wentao Chang, Hexu Liu, Mengchu Li and Yu Zou for useful discussions.

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