The dual complex of Calabi--Yau pairs

Abstract

A log Calabi--Yau pair consists of a proper variety $X$ and a divisor $D$ on it such that $K_X+D$ is numerically trivial. A folklore conjecture predicts that the dual complex of $D$ is homeomorphic to the quotient of a sphere by a finite group. The main result of the paper shows that the fundamental group of the dual complex of $D$ is a quotient of the fundamental group of the smooth locus of $X$, hence its pro-finite completion is finite. This leads to a positive answer in dimension $\le 4$. We also study the dual complex of degenerations of Calabi--Yau varieties. The key technical result we prove is that, after a volume preserving birational equivalence, the transform of $D$ supports an ample divisor.

25 pages. Final Version. To appear in Inventiones mathematicae

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