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On the formal principle for curves on projective surfaces

Algebraic Geometry 2020-09-16 v2

Abstract

We prove that the formal completion of a complex projective surface along a rigid smooth curve with trivial normal bundle determines the birational equivalence class of the surface.

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@article{arxiv.1906.12219,
  title  = {On the formal principle for curves on projective surfaces},
  author = {Jorge Vitório Pereira and Olivier Thom},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1906.12219},
  year   = {2020}
}

Comments

Minor corrections following suggestions by a referee. Accepted for publication in Mathematische Annalen