On a generalized canonical bundle formula for generically finite morphisms

Abstract

We prove a canonical bundle formula for generically finite morphisms in the setting of generalized pairs (with $\mathbb{R}$-coefficients). This complements Filipazzi's canonical bundle formula for morphisms with connected fibres. It is then applied to obtain a subadjunction formula for log canonical centers of generalized pairs. As another application, we show that the image of an anti-nef log canonical generalized pair has the structure of a numerically trivial log canonical generalized pair. This readily implies a result of Chen--Zhang. Along the way we prove that the Shokurov type convex sets for anti-nef log canonical divisors are indeed rational polyhedral sets.

29 pages, to appear in Ann. Inst. Fourier (Grenoble)