Kollár, János Real algebraic threefolds. I: Terminal singularities. (English) Zbl 0948.14013 Collect. Math. 49, No. 2-3, 335-360 (1998). This is the first of a series of papers in which the author develops the theory of the minimal models of real algebraic threefolds. The minimal model program for complex algebraic varieties [see e.g. J. Kollár, Bull. Am. Math. Soc., New Ser. 17, 211-273 (1987; Zbl 0649.14022)] shows in particular that the minimal models \(X_n\) of smooth projective complex varieties \(X\) can be non-smooth, but also that \(X_n\) may have at most terminal singularities. The terminal 3-fold singularities over \({\mathbb C}\) are completely classified [see e.g. M. Reid, in: Algebraic Geometry, Proc. Summer Res. Inst., Brunswick 1985, Part I, Proc. Symp. Pure Math. 46, 345-414 (1987; Zbl 0634.14003)]. In the present work are classified the 3-fold terminal singularities over any field \(k\) of characteristic \(0\). When \(k\) is the field of real numbers then the obtained classification is used to determine the topology of these singularities over \({\mathbb R}\). Reviewer: A.Iliev (Sofia) Cited in 3 ReviewsCited in 6 Documents MSC: 14E30 Minimal model program (Mori theory, extremal rays) 14J30 \(3\)-folds 14P05 Real algebraic sets 14J17 Singularities of surfaces or higher-dimensional varieties Keywords:minimal models of real algebraic threefolds; terminal singularity; topology of singularities Citations:Zbl 0649.14022; Zbl 0634.14003 PDFBibTeX XMLCite \textit{J. Kollár}, Collect. Math. 49, No. 2--3, 335--360 (1998; Zbl 0948.14013) Full Text: arXiv EuDML