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Algebraic Surfaces

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Algebraic Geometry II

Part of the book series: Encyclopaedia of Mathematical Sciences ((EMS,volume 35))

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The aim of this survey is to present a cohesive picture of the theory of algebraic surfaces, explain its problems, and describe its main methods. The proofs, when they are given, serve only to clarify the principal ideas employed in the field. For detailed proofs the reader is referred to the articles listed at the end of the survey.

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Iskovskikh, V.A., Shafarevich, I.R. (1996). Algebraic Surfaces. In: Shafarevich, I.R. (eds) Algebraic Geometry II. Encyclopaedia of Mathematical Sciences, vol 35. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-60925-1_2

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