Journal of Algebraic Geometry

-equivalence in birational geometry and characterizations of complex elliptic genera

Author(s): Chin-Lung Wang
Journal: J. Algebraic Geom. 12 (2003), 285-306.
Posted: September 26, 2002
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Abstract: We show that for smooth complex projective varieties the most general combinations of Chern numbers that are invariant under the

-equivalence relation consist of the complex elliptic genera.

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Chin-Lung Wang
Affiliation: Department of Mathematics, National Tsing-Hua University, Hsinchu, Taiwan
Email: dragon@math2.math.nthu.edu.tw

PII: S 1056-3911(02)00312-0
Received by editor(s): October 30, 2000
Posted: September 26, 2002
Additional Notes: Supported in part by NSC project 89-2115-M-007-045

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