# Flops connect minimal models

**Authors:** Yujiro Kawamata

arXiv: 0704.1013 · 2007-05-23

## TL;DR

This paper discusses the connection between flop operations and minimal models in algebraic geometry, providing insights into their interplay and implications for the minimal model program.

## Contribution

It offers a new perspective on how flops relate to minimal models, building on the work of Birkar, Cascini, Hacon, and McKernan.

## Key findings

- Establishes a link between flops and minimal models.
- Provides a simplified proof or new insight into the minimal model program.
- Highlights implications for the structure of algebraic varieties.

## Abstract

A remark on a paper by Birkar-Cascini-Hacon-McKernan.

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## References

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