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Journal of Algebraic Geometry

Journal of Algebraic Geometry

Online ISSN 1534-7486; Print ISSN 1056-3911

   
 
 

 

$K$-equivalence in birational geometry and characterizations of complex elliptic genera


Author: Chin-Lung Wang
Journal: J. Algebraic Geom. 12 (2003), 285-306
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1090/S1056-3911-02-00312-0
Published electronically: September 26, 2002
MathSciNet review: 1949645
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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 $K$-equivalence relation consist of the complex elliptic genera.


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Additional Information

Chin-Lung Wang
Affiliation: Department of Mathematics, National Tsing-Hua University, Hsinchu, Taiwan
MR Author ID: 615969
ORCID: 0000-0003-2873-8472
Email: dragon@math2.math.nthu.edu.tw

Received by editor(s): October 30, 2000
Published electronically: September 26, 2002
Additional Notes: Supported in part by NSC project 89-2115-M-007-045