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A new subadditivity formula for test ideals. (English) Zbl 1423.13051

Summary: We exhibit a new subadditivity formula for test ideals on singular varieties using an argument similar to [J.-P. Demailly et al., Mich. Math. J. 48, 137–156 (2000; Zbl 1077.14516)] and [N. Hara and K.-i. Yoshida, Trans. Am. Math. Soc. 355, No. 8, 3143–3174 (2003; Zbl 1028.13003)]. Any subadditivity formula for singular varieties must have a correction term that measures the singularities of that variety. Whereas earlier subadditivity formulas accomplished this by multiplying by the Jacobian ideal, our approach is to use the formalism of Cartier algebras [M. Blickle, J. Algebr. Geom. 22, No. 1, 49–83 (2013; Zbl 1271.13009)]. We also show that our subadditivity containment is sharper than ones shown previously in [S. Takagi, Am. J. Math. 128, No. 6, 1345–1362 (2006; Zbl 1109.14005)] and [E. Eisenstein, “Generalizations of the restriction theorem for multiplier ideals”, Preprint, arXiv:1001.2841]. The first of these results follows from a Noether normalization technique due to Hochster and Huneke. The second of these results is obtained using ideas from [S. Takagi, Math. Z. 259, No. 2, 321–341 (2008; Zbl 1143.13007)] and [Eisenstein, loc. cit.] to show that the adjoint ideal \(\mathscr{J}_X(A, Z)\) reduces mod \(p\) to Takagi’s adjoint test ideal, even when the ambient space is singular, provided that \(A\) is regular at the generic point of \(X\). One difficulty of using this new subadditivity formula in practice is the computational complexity of computing its correction term. Thus, we discuss a combinatorial construction of the relevant Cartier algebra in the toric setting.

MSC:

13A35 Characteristic \(p\) methods (Frobenius endomorphism) and reduction to characteristic \(p\); tight closure
14B05 Singularities in algebraic geometry
14F18 Multiplier ideals
14M25 Toric varieties, Newton polyhedra, Okounkov bodies

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