# Rational Curves on Quasi-projective Surfaces (Memoirs of the American Mathematical Society)

By: Sean Keel (author), James McKernan (author)Paperback

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This book is intended for graduate students and research mathematicians working in algebraic geometry

### Contents

Introduction and statement of results Glossary of notation and conventions Gorenstein del Pezzo surfaces Bug-eyed covers Log deformation theory Criteria for log uniruledness Reduction to $\pi^{\text{alg}} {1}(S^0)=\{1\}$ Flushness and preparation for the hunt Bogomolov bound Riemann Roch and surfaces with small coefficient A partial classification of $K {T}$-contractions the linear system $\vert K {S} + A\vert$ Classification of bananas and fences $T 1$ a net $g(A 1)> 1$ $A 1$ has a simple cusp $A 1$ has a simple node $A 1$ smooth The smooth banana Proof of (1.1) and corollaries A surface with $\pi^{\text{alg}} 1(S^0)=\{1\}$ but no tiger Tigers, complements and toric pairs Classification of almost all rank one log del Pezzos Appendix: Log terminal surface singularities and adjunction Appendix: Normalisation of an algebraic space Index to obscure or unconventional notation References.

### Product Details

• ISBN13: 9780821810965
• Format: Paperback
• Number Of Pages: 669
• ID: 9780821810965
• ISBN10: 0821810960

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