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Journal of Algebraic Geometry

Journal of Algebraic Geometry

Online ISSN 1534-7486; Print ISSN 1056-3911

   
 
 

 

Contractions of symplectic varieties


Author: Jan Wierzba
Journal: J. Algebraic Geom. 12 (2003), 507-534
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1090/S1056-3911-03-00318-7
Published electronically: March 6, 2003
MathSciNet review: 1966025
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Abstract: We consider singularities that arise from birational contractions of smooth symplectic varieties. We establish some general properties of these singularities and study the case of divisorial contractions in more detail.


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Jan Wierzba
Affiliation: Lettestrasse 6a, 10437 Berlin, Germany
Email: jwierzba@mi.uni-koeln.de

Received by editor(s): November 9, 2000
Published electronically: March 6, 2003
Additional Notes: The author was supported by Trinity College, Cambridge and EPSRC