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The Enumerative Theory of Conics after Halphen

Part of the book series: Lecture Notes in Mathematics (LNM, volume 1196)

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Table of contents (23 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-IX
  2. Conics

    • Eduardo Casas-Alvero, Sebastian Xambó-Descamps
    Pages 1-2
  3. Complete conics

    • Eduardo Casas-Alvero, Sebastian Xambó-Descamps
    Pages 3-8
  4. Systems of conics

    • Eduardo Casas-Alvero, Sebastian Xambó-Descamps
    Pages 8-11
  5. Equations of the degeneration hypersurfaces

    • Eduardo Casas-Alvero, Sebastian Xambó-Descamps
    Pages 11-14
  6. Conditions imposed on conics

    • Eduardo Casas-Alvero, Sebastian Xambó-Descamps
    Pages 14-18
  7. Action of the projective group and proper solutions of an enumarative problem

    • Eduardo Casas-Alvero, Sebastian Xambó-Descamps
    Pages 18-22
  8. Genericity of the data of conditions

    • Eduardo Casas-Alvero, Sebastian Xambó-Descamps
    Pages 22-23
  9. Local characters of a condition

    • Eduardo Casas-Alvero, Sebastian Xambó-Descamps
    Pages 23-24
  10. Halphen's first formula

    • Eduardo Casas-Alvero, Sebastian Xambó-Descamps
    Pages 25-30
  11. Computation of characteristic numbers

    • Eduardo Casas-Alvero, Sebastian Xambó-Descamps
    Pages 31-35
  12. Examples

    • Eduardo Casas-Alvero, Sebastian Xambó-Descamps
    Pages 35-41
  13. Strict equivalence of conditions

    • Eduardo Casas-Alvero, Sebastian Xambó-Descamps
    Pages 41-45
  14. Systems of conics contained in Sp,q

    • Eduardo Casas-Alvero, Sebastian Xambó-Descamps
    Pages 45-47
  15. Conics satisfying five independent conditions

    • Eduardo Casas-Alvero, Sebastian Xambó-Descamps
    Pages 48-56
  16. Cycles on W and on B

    • Eduardo Casas-Alvero, Sebastian Xambó-Descamps
    Pages 56-61
  17. Multiplicity cycles and Noether's formula

    • Eduardo Casas-Alvero, Sebastian Xambó-Descamps
    Pages 61-67
  18. Improper intersection numbers

    • Eduardo Casas-Alvero, Sebastian Xambó-Descamps
    Pages 67-73
  19. Generalization of Halphen's formula to conditions of higher order

    • Eduardo Casas-Alvero, Sebastian Xambó-Descamps
    Pages 74-80
  20. Examples of higher order conditions

    • Eduardo Casas-Alvero, Sebastian Xambó-Descamps
    Pages 80-91

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: The Enumerative Theory of Conics after Halphen

  • Authors: Eduardo Casas-Alvero, Sebastian Xambó-Descamps

  • Series Title: Lecture Notes in Mathematics

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BFb0076501

  • Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 1986

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-540-16495-1Published: 01 June 1986

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-540-39832-5Published: 14 November 2006

  • Series ISSN: 0075-8434

  • Series E-ISSN: 1617-9692

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: VIII, 128

  • Topics: Mathematical Logic and Foundations

  • Industry Sectors: IT & Software

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