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Combinatorics and topology of line arrangements in the complex projective plane
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by Enrique Artal-Bartolo PDF
Proc. Amer. Math. Soc. 121 (1994), 385-390 Request permission

Abstract:

We use some results about Betti numbers of coverings of complements of plane projective curves to discuss the problem of how combinatorics determine the topology of line arrangement, finding a counterexample to a conjecture of Orlik.
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  • © Copyright 1994 American Mathematical Society
  • Journal: Proc. Amer. Math. Soc. 121 (1994), 385-390
  • MSC: Primary 14F45; Secondary 14F25, 32S35, 52B30
  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1090/S0002-9939-1994-1189536-3
  • MathSciNet review: 1189536