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Book Information:
Author:
William Fulton
Title:
Intersection theory
Additional book information:
Ergebnisse der Mathematik und ihrer Grenzgebiete 3. Folge · Band 2, Springer-Verlag, 1984, xi + 470 pp., $39.00. ISBN 3-5401-2176-5.
Author:
William Fulton
Title:
Introduction to intersection theory in algebraic geometry
Additional book information:
Regional Conference Series in Mathematics, Vol. 54, American Mathematical Society, 1984, v + 82 pp., $16.00. ISBN 0-8218-0704-8.
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W. V. D. Hodge and D. Pedoe, Methods of algebraic geometry. Vol. II. Book III: General theory of algebraic varieties in projective space. Book IV: Quadrics and Grassmann varieties, Cambridge, at the University Press, 1952. MR 0048065
Steven L. Kleiman, Problem 15: rigorous foundation of Schubert’s enumerative calculus, Mathematical developments arising from Hilbert problems (Proc. Sympos. Pure Math., Northern Illinois Univ., De Kalb, Ill., 1974) Proc. Sympos. Pure Math., Vol. XXVIII, Amer. Math. Soc., Providence, R.I., 1976, pp. 445–482. MR 0429938
Steven L. Kleiman, Chasles’s enumerative theory of conics: a historical introduction, Studies in algebraic geometry, MAA Stud. Math., vol. 20, Math. Assoc. America, Washington, D.C., 1980, pp. 117–138. MR 589410
Hermann Schubert, Kalkül der abzählenden Geometrie, Springer-Verlag, Berlin-New York, 1979 (German). Reprint of the 1879 original; With an introduction by Steven L. Kleiman. MR 555576
Morris Kline, Mathematical thought from ancient to modern times, Oxford University Press, New York, 1972. MR 0472307
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9. H. G. Zeuthen and M. Pieri, Géométrie enumerative, Encyclopédie des Sciences Mathématiques, III.4, Gauthier-Villars, Paris, 1915.
- 1.
- L. Berzolari, Theorie générale des courbes planes algébriques, Encyclopedie des Sciences Mathematiques, III.3, Gauthier-Villars, Paris, 1915.
- 2.
- W. V. D. Hodge and D. Pedoe, Methods of algebraic geometry, Vol. 2, Cambridge Univ. Press, 1952. MR 0048065
- 3.
- S. L. Kleiman, Problem 15. Rigorous foundation of Schubert's enumerative calculus, Mathematical Developments Arising from Hilbert Problems, Proc. Sympos. Pure Math., vol. 28, Amer. Math. Soc., Providence, R. I., 1976, pp. 445-482. MR 429938
- 4.
- S. L. Kleiman, Chasles's enumerative theory of conics: a historical introduction, Studies in Algebraic Geometry, Studies in Math., 20, Math. Assoc. Amer., Washington, D. C., 1980, pp. 117-138. MR 589410
- 5.
- S. L. Kleiman, An introduction to the reprint edition, of Kalkül der abzählenden Geometrie by H. Schubert, 1879; reprinted by Springer-Verlag, 1979. MR 555576
- 6.
- M. Kline, Mathematical thought from ancient to modern times, Oxford Univ. Press, 1972. MR 472307
- 7.
- W. Morris (Editor), The American heritage dictionary of the English language, American Heritage, New York and Houghton Mifflin, Boston, 1971.
- 8.
- C. Segre, Intorno alla storia del principio di correspondenza e dei sistemi di curve, Bibl. Math. 6 (1982), 33-47 = Opere, Vol. 1, Edizioni Cremonese, Rome, 1957, pp. 185-197.
- 9.
- H. G. Zeuthen and M. Pieri, Géométrie enumerative, Encyclopédie des Sciences Mathématiques, III.4, Gauthier-Villars, Paris, 1915.
Review Information:
Reviewer:
Steven L. Kleiman
Journal:
Bull. Amer. Math. Soc.
12 (1985), 137-143
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1090/S0273-0979-1985-15319-4