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On the Cox ring of P^2 blown up in points on a line

Algebraic Geometry 2010-03-03 v5

Abstract

We show that the blow-up of P^2 in n points on a line has finitely generated Cox ring. We give explicit generators for the ring and calculate its defining ideal of relations.

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@article{arxiv.0901.4277,
  title  = {On the Cox ring of P^2 blown up in points on a line},
  author = {John Christian Ottem},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0901.4277},
  year   = {2010}
}

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7 pages, Final version, to appear in Math. Scand