BOUNDING VOLUMES OF SINGULAR FANO THREEFOLDS
Let $(X,\unicode[STIX]{x1D6E5})$ be an $n$-dimensional $\unicode[STIX]{x1D716}$-klt log $\mathbb{Q}$-Fano pair. We give an upper bound for the volume $\text{Vol}(X,\unicode[STIX]{x1D6E5})=(-(K_{X}+\unicode[STIX]{x1D6E5}))^{n}$ when $n=2$, or $n=3$ and $X$ is $\mathbb{Q}$-factorial of $\unicode[STIX]{x1D70C}(X)=1$. This bound is essentially sharp for $n=2$. The main idea is to analyze the covering families of tigers constructed in J. McKernan (Boundedness of log terminal fano pairs of bounded index, preprint, 2002, arXiv:0205214). Existence of an upper bound for volumes is related to the Borisov–Alexeev–Borisov Conjecture, which asserts boundedness of the set of $\unicode[STIX]{x1D716}$-klt log $\mathbb{Q}$-Fano varieties of a given dimension $n$.