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Author(s): Walter D. Neumann; Paul Norbury
Journal: Trans. Amer. Math. Soc. 355 (2003), 519-538.
MSC (2000): Primary 14H30, 14R10, 57M25
Posted: October 1, 2002
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Abstract: We show that although the fundamental group of the complement of an algebraic affine plane curve is not easy to compute, it possesses a more accessible quotient, which we call the Orevkov invariant.

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Walter D. Neumann
Affiliation: Department of Mathematics, Barnard College, Columbia University, New York, New York 10027
Email: neumann@math.columbia.edu

Paul Norbury
Affiliation: Department of Pure Mathematics, Adelaide University, Adelaide, Australia 5005
Address at time of publication: Department of Mathematics, Melbourne University, Parkville, Australia, 3052
Email: pnorbury@maths.adelaide.edu.au

DOI: 10.1090/S0002-9947-02-03094-5
PII: S 0002-9947(02)03094-5
Received by editor(s): November 17, 2001
Posted: October 1, 2002
Additional Notes: Supported under NSF grant no. DMS-0083097
Copyright of article: Copyright 2002, American Mathematical Society

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