On minimal model theory for log abundant lc pairs

Abstract

Under the assumption of the minimal model theory for projective klt pairs of dimension $n$, we establish the minimal model theory for lc pairs $(X/Z,\Delta)$ such that the log canonical divisor is relatively log abundant and its restriction to any lc center has relative numerical dimension at most $n$. We also give another detailed proof of results by the second author, and study termination of log MMP with scaling.