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algebraic geometry
branch of mathematics dealing with algebraic varieties and their generalizations (schemes, etc.)
algebraic variety
mathematical object studied in the field of algebraic geometry
implicit function
function defined by a relation of the form 𝑅(𝑥,𝑦)=0, where 𝑅 is a function of several variables and there is a unique 𝑦 that satisfies the relation for every 𝑥
Calabi–Yau manifold
Riemannian manifold with SU(n) holonomy
Hodge conjecture
conjecture in algebraic geometry that every Hodge class on a nonsingular complex projective manifold is a linear combination with rational coefficients of the cohomology classes of complex subvarieties
hypersurface
In geometry, a hypersurface is a generalization of the concepts of hyperplane, plane curve, and surface. A hypersurface is a manifold or an algebraic variety of dimension , which is embedded in an ambient space of dimension , generally a Euclidean space, an affine space or a projective space. Hypersurfaces share, with surfaces in a three-dimensional space, the property of being defined by a single implicit equation, at least locally (near every point), and sometimes globally.
homogeneous polynomial
polynomial whose nonzero terms all have the same degree
projective plane
geometric concept of a 2D space with a "point at infinity" adjoined
mirror symmetry
conjectured relation between pairs of Calabi–Yau manifolds; situation where two Calabi–Yau manifolds look very different geometrically but are nevertheless equivalent when employed as extra dimensions of string theory
direction cosine
Cosines of the angles between the vector and the three coordinate axes.
associative algebra
algebra over a ring such that multiplication is associative
Generalized Riemann hypothesis
Various conjectures about the zeroes of some functions similar to the Riemann zeta function
valuation
function in algebra which generalises the concept of multiplicity for commutative rings
Gröbner basis
particular generating subset of an ideal in a polynomial ring
regular local ring
Noetherian local commutative ring, the minimal number of generators of whose maximal ideal equals its Krull dimension
Kähler manifold
smooth manifold carrying compatible complex, Riemannian, and symplectic structures
complex geometry
study of complex manifolds and several complex variables
codimension
In mathematics, codimension is a basic geometric idea that applies to subspaces in vector spaces, to submanifolds in manifolds, and suitable subsets of algebraic varieties.
Nakayama lemma
lemma
flat module
module such that taking the tensor product with it induces an exact functor
pencil
family of geometric objects with a common property
primary decomposition
in algebra, expression of an ideal as the intersection of ideals of a specific type
Whitney umbrella
three dimensions self-intersecting surface
Jacobian conjecture
conjecture asserting that, over a characteristic-zero field K, given a polynomial map f: Kⁿ → Kⁿ, if its Jacobian determinant J: Kⁿ → K is a nonzero constant map, then f admits a polynomial inverse g: Kⁿ → Kⁿ
Cohen–Macaulay ring
commutative ring, named after Irvin Cohen and Francis Sowerby Macaulay (1862-1937)
Italian school of algebraic geometry
group of Italian mathematicians who studied birational geometry (c. 1885–1935)
period
numbers expressible as integrals of algebraic functions
enumerative geometry
branch of algebraic geometry concerned with counting solutions
Shimura variety
Mathematical concept
noetherian topological space
topological space with no infinite strictly ascending sequence of closed subsets
Noether normalization lemma
theorem
normal bundle
vector bundle, complementary to the tangent bundle, associated to an embedding
Hasse–Weil zeta function
Mathematical function associated to algebraic varieties
Tate–Shafarevich group
Group in arithmetic geometry
amoeba
set associated with a polynomial in one or more complex variables; the image of the zero locus of a complex polynomial under the logarithm of the absolute value
Zariski tangent space
tangent space associated to a point in a locally ringed space in algebraic geometry
algebraic K-theory
branch of homological algebra that assigns a series of 𝐾‐groups to commutative rings and other algebras
General position
concept in algebraic geometry
motive
conjectural objects in algebraic geometry that provide a universal cohomology theory of varieties
catenary ring
commutative ring admitting a good dimension function, i.e. that relative dimension between two prime ideals is well defined, in the sense that any maximal strictly increasing chain of prime ideals between the two has the same finite length
residue field
field arising from a quotient ring by a maximal ideal
finite morphism
scheme morphism such that, with respect to a suitable open cover, is locally of the form Spec(A)→Spec(B) where A is a finitely generated module over B
Hilbert polynomial
polynomial function with rational coefficients whose values agree, for sufficiently large argument, with the dimensions of graded components of a graded algebra
Cramer's paradox
the statement that the number of points of intersection of two planar higher-order curves can be greater than the number of arbitrary points usually needed to define one such curve
family of curves
set of curves
biholomorphism
right|thumb|The complex exponential function mapping biholomorphically a rectangle to a quarter-annulus. In the mathematical theory of functions of one or more complex variables, and also in complex algebraic geometry, a biholomorphism or biholomorphic function is a bijective holomorphic function whose inverse is also holomorphic.
elimination theory
part of algebraic geometry devoted to the elimination of variables between polynomials
coherent sheaf
finite-type sheaf F of modules over a ringed space such that the kernel of a surjective morphism from a finite direct sum of the structure sheaf onto it is also of finite type
Gromov–Witten invariant
invariant in symplectic topology and algebraic geometry
Euler sequence
short exact sequence of sheaves on projective space
Kähler differential
algebraically defined notion of differential form on an algebra over a ring or on a scheme
dessin d'enfant
type of graph drawing used to study Riemann surfaces
geometric Langlands correspondence
mathematical theory
Chow ring
Analogs of homology groups for algebraic varieties
crystalline cohomology
Weil cohomology theory for schemes over a base field, whose values are modules over the ring of Witt vectors over the base field, that replaces Zariski open sets by infinitesimal thickenings of Zariski open sets with divided power structures
excellent ring
a Noetherian universally catenary ring that is J-2 and Grothendieck
Hilbert's fifteenth problem
On Schubert's enumerative calculus
rational mapping
kind of partial function between algebraic varieties
complex-analytic variety
object much like an algebraic variety but defined as the zero set of finitely many (real- or complex-)analytic functions
pseudoholomorphic curve
smooth map from a Riemann surface into an almost complex manifold that satisfies the Cauchy–Riemann equation