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Author(s): Robert Lazarsfeld
Title: Positivity in algebraic geometry. I-II
Additional book information: Ergebnisse der Mathematik und ihrer Grenzgebiete. 3. Folge, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 2004, (I) xviii+ 387, 3-540-22533-1; (II) xviii+385 pp., ISBN 3-540-22534-X; US$129.00 (hardcover), US$34.95 (softcover)


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János Kollár and Shigefumi Mori, Birational geometry of algebraic varieties, Cambridge Tracts in Mathematics, vol. 134, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 1998. MR 1658959 (2000b:14018)

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Robert Lazarsfeld, Positivity in algebraic geometry. I, Ergebnisse der Mathematik und ihrer Grenzgebiete. 3. Folge. A Series of Modern Surveys in Mathematics [Results in Mathematics and Related Areas. 3rd Series. A Series of Modern Surveys in Mathematics], vol. 48, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 2004. MR 2095471 (2005k:14001a)

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Kenji Matsuki, Introduction to the Mori program, Universitext, Springer-Verlag, New York, 2002. MR 1875410 (2002m:14011)

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Dennis Sullivan, René Thom's work on geometric homology and bordism, Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. (N.S.) 41 (2004), no. 3, 341-350 (electronic). MR 2058291


Additional Information:

Reviewer(s):
János Kollár
Affiliation: Princeton University
Email: kollar@math.princeton.edu

Review Information:
Journal: Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 43 (2006), 279-284.

MSC (2000): Primary 14-02, 14C20, 14F05, 14F17
DOI: 10.1090/S0273-0979-06-01087-1
PII: S 0273-0979(06)01087-1
Posted: February 16, 2006
Copyright of article: Copyright 2006, American Mathematical Society
The copyright for this article reverts to public domain after 28 years from publication.


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