Kawamata-Viehweg vanishing as Kodaira vanishing for stacks

Abstract

We associate to a pair $(X,D)$, consisting of a smooth scheme with a divisor $D\in \text{Div}(X)\otimes \mathbb{Q}$ whose support is a divisor with normal crossings, a canonical Deligne--Mumford stack over $X$ on which $D$ becomes integral. We then reinterpret the Kawamata--Viehweg vanishing theorem as Kodaira vanishing for stacks.