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The aim of this monograph is to give a comprehensive introduction to some of the recent progress in higher dimensional algebraic geometry. One of the most profound developments in the last two decades consists of the evolution of a structure theory for higher dimensional varieties. Its roots can be traced back to the classical theory of minimal models of surfaces and to the works of Fano in the thirties.
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Kollár, J. (1996). Introduction. In: Rational Curves on Algebraic Varieties. Ergebnisse der Mathematik und ihrer Grenzgebiete, vol 32. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-03276-3_1
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