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April 2017 On the Cremona contractibility of unions of lines in the plane
Alberto Calabri, Ciro Ciliberto
Kyoto J. Math. 57(1): 55-78 (April 2017). DOI: 10.1215/21562261-3759513

Abstract

We discuss the concept of Cremona contractible plane curves, with a historical account on the development of this subject. Then we classify Cremona contractible unions of d12 lines in the plane.

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Alberto Calabri. Ciro Ciliberto. "On the Cremona contractibility of unions of lines in the plane." Kyoto J. Math. 57 (1) 55 - 78, April 2017. https://doi.org/10.1215/21562261-3759513

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Received: 30 March 2015; Revised: 30 November 2015; Accepted: 3 December 2015; Published: April 2017
First available in Project Euclid: 11 March 2017

zbMATH: 06705667
MathSciNet: MR3621779
Digital Object Identifier: 10.1215/21562261-3759513

Subjects:
Primary: 14H50
Secondary: 14E07 , 14N20

Keywords: contractible plane curves , log-Kodaira dimension , union of lines

Rights: Copyright © 2017 Kyoto University

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