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On the Topology of Certain Algebraic Threefold Loci

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 January 2009

J. A. Todd
J. A. Todd
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University of Manchester.
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The study of the topological properties of algebraic surfaces, considered as continua of four real dimensions, has thrown much light on the theory of the birational invariants of such loci. The results obtained for surfaces have been generalised to varieties of higher dimension by Hodge, and, particularly, by Lefschetz. Apart from this, little seems to be known about the general topological properties of algebraic loci of three (or more) dimensions, the detailed study of which seems to present considerable difficulty. In particular, apart from the general theorems of Lefschetz, nothing seems to be known about the cycles of three dimensions of an algebraic V3. The object of the present paper is to study these cycles on certain quite special V3, in the hope that some insight may be gained into the general theory.

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Research Article
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Proceedings of the Edinburgh Mathematical Society , Volume 4 , Issue 3 , August 1935 , pp. 175 - 184
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Copyright © Edinburgh Mathematical Society 1935

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