Cubic forms : algebra, geometry, arithmetic /
Since this book was first published in English, there has been important progress in a number of related topics. The class of algebraic varieties close to the rational ones has crystallized as a natural domain for the methods developed and expounded in this volume. For this revised edition, the orig...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English Russian |
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Amsterdam ; New York : New York, NY, U.S.A. :
North-Holland ; Sole distributors for the U.S.A. and Canada, Elsevier Science Pub. Co.,
1986.
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| Edition: | 2nd ed. |
| Series: | North-Holland mathematical library ;
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Table of Contents:
- Front Cover; Cubic Forms: Algebra, Geometry, Arithmetic; Copyright Page; PREFACE TO THE SECOND EDITION; CONTENTS; INSTRUCTIONS TO THE READER; INTRODUCTION; CHAPTER I. CH-QUASIGROUPS AND MOUFANG LOOPS; CHAPTER II. CLASSES OF POINTS ON CUBIC HYPERSURFACES; CHAPTER III. TWO-DIMENSIONAL BIRATIONAL GEOMETRY; CHAPTER IV. THE TWENTY-SEVEN LINES; CHAPTER V. MINIMAL CUBIC SURFACES; CHAPTER VI. THE BRAUER-GROTHENDIECK GROUP; APPENDIX. ALGEBRAIC VARIETIES CLOSE TO THE RATIONAL ONES. ALGEBRA, GEOMETRY, ARITHMETIC; REFERENCES; AUTHOR INDEX; LIST OF SYMBOLS; SUBJECT INDEX.
