Regularity of structure sheaves of varieties with isolated singularities

Abstract

Let [Formula: see text] be a non-degenerate normal projective variety of codimension [Formula: see text] and degree [Formula: see text] with isolated [Formula: see text]-Gorenstein singularities. We prove that the Castelnuovo–Mumford regularity [Formula: see text], as predicted by the Eisenbud–Goto regularity conjecture. Such a bound fails for general projective varieties by a recent result of McCullough–Peeva. The main techniques are Noma’s classification of non-degenerate projective varieties and Nadel vanishing for multiplier ideals. We also classify the extremal and the next to extremal cases.