Publisher's Synopsis
Since the appearance of extremal rays and the minimal model program in the early 1980s, we have seen the tremendous development of algebraic geometry. With this in mind, the conference on Minimal Models and Extremal Ray was held at the Research Institute for Mathematical Sciences (RIMS) at Kyoto University in June 2011. The purpose of the conference was to review the past, examine the present, and enjoy discussing the future.
This volume contains the proceedings of this conference and consists of one survey article on the mathematical work of Shigefumi Mori, who turned sixty in 2011, and thirteen research papers presented by the authors.
