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A characterization of affine nonsingular complex algebraic curves that are biregularly isomorphic to ℂ is given; it is stated in terms of approximation of holomorphic maps by regular maps.
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The author was partially supported by an NSF grant and NATO Collaborative Research Grants Programme, CRG 930238.
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Kucharz, W. A characterization of the complex affine line. Manuscripta Math 91, 145–149 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02567945
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02567945