Variations on Van Kampen's method
Group Theory
2007-05-23 v1 Algebraic Geometry
Abstract
We give a detailed account of the classical Van Kampen method for computing presentations of fundamental groups of complements of complex algebraic curves, and of a variant of this method, working with arbitrary projections (even with vertical asymptotes).
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@article{arxiv.math/0301327,
title = {Variations on Van Kampen's method},
author = {David Bessis},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:math/0301327},
year = {2007}
}
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12 pages