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The aim of these notes is to give an introduction to the ideas and techniques of handling rational curves on varieties. The main emphasis is on varieties with many rational curves, which are the higher dimensional analogs of rational curves and surfaces.
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Araujo, C., Kollár, J. (2003). Rational Curves on Varieties. In: Böröczky, K., Kollár, J., Szamuely, T. (eds) Higher Dimensional Varieties and Rational Points. Bolyai Society Mathematical Studies, vol 12. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-05123-8_3
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