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The Classification of Surfaces

Mathematical Physics 2007-05-23 v1 math.MP

Abstract

This is an expository paper which presents the holomorphic classification of rational complex surfaces from a simple and intuitive point of view, which is not found in the literature. Our approach is to compare this classification with the topological classification of real surfaces.

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@article{arxiv.math-ph/9909010,
  title  = {The Classification of Surfaces},
  author = {Elizabeth Gasparim and Pushan Majumdar},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:math-ph/9909010},
  year   = {2007}
}

Comments

8 pages, 13 figs. This is an expository article primarily for physicists