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Kummer surfaces: 200 years of study

Algebraic Geometry 2019-10-18 v1

Abstract

This is a brief history of discovery and later study of Kummer surfaces. The article is based on the author's Oliver Club talk at Cornell University on October 10, 2019 delivered exactly 101 years since the first talk at the club given by John Hutchinson.

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@article{arxiv.1910.07650,
  title  = {Kummer surfaces: 200 years of study},
  author = {Igor Dolgachev},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1910.07650},
  year   = {2019}
}

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7 pages

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