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We prove that every log crepant birational morphism between log terminal surfaces can be decomposed into log flopping type divisorial contraction morphisms and log blowdowns. Repeating these two kinds of contractions, we reach a minimal log minimal surface from any log minimal surface.
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Fukuda, S. Decomposition of Log Crepant Birational Morphisms between Log Terminal Surfaces. Geometriae Dedicata 85, 183–187 (2001). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1010354626682
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1010354626682