Minimal model program for algebraically integrable foliations and generalized pairs

Abstract

Using techniques from the theory of foliations, we establish the cone theorem and the contraction theorem for lc generalized pairs in full generality, and meanwhile develop the minimal model program for $\mathbb Q$-factorial foliated dlt algebraically integrable foliations. As an application, we obtain the canonical bundle formula for generalized pairs completely, together with several further consequences, including answering a question of Cascini and Spicer.