Equivariant resolution of points of indeterminacy

Reichstein, Z.; Youssin, B.

doi:10.1090/S0002-9939-02-06595-4

Equivariant resolution of points of indeterminacy
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Abstract:

We prove an equivariant form of Hironaka’s theorem on elimination of points of indeterminacy. Our argument uses canonical resolution of singularities and an extended version of Sumihiro’s equivariant Chow lemma.

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