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Resolution of singularities and modular Galois theory

Author(s): Shreeram S. Abhyankar
Journal: Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 38 (2001), 131-169.
MSC (2000): Primary 12F10, 14H30, 20D06, 20E22
Posted: December 27, 2000
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Abstract:

I shall sketch a brief history of the desingularization problem from Riemann thru Zariski to Hironaka, including the part I played in it and the work on Galois theory which this led me to, and how that caused me to search out many group theory gurus. I shall also formulate several conjectures and suggest numerous thesis problems.

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Shreeram S. Abhyankar
Affiliation: Mathematics Department, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907
Email: ram@cs.purdue.edu

DOI: 10.1090/S0273-0979-00-00892-2
PII: S 0273-0979(00)00892-2
Received by editor(s): December 7, 1999
Posted: December 27, 2000
Additional Notes: Abhyankar's work was partly supported by NSF Grant DMS 97-32592 and NSA grant MDA 904-97-1-0010.
Copyright of article: Copyright 2000, American Mathematical Society

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