Blowup (algebraic geometry)

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf algebraic geometry concept
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs blowing up
gptkbp:appearsIn gptkb:Hartshorne's_Algebraic_Geometry
Shafarevich's Basic Algebraic Geometry
gptkbp:built Replaces a subvariety with the projectivization of its normal bundle.
gptkbp:category morphism of varieties
gptkbp:defines A transformation of a variety replacing a subvariety with all directions through that subvariety.
gptkbp:example Blowup of a point in the plane
gptkbp:field gptkb:algebraic_geometry
gptkbp:generalizes quadratic transformation
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Blowup (algebraic geometry)
gptkbp:introduced gptkb:Oscar_Zariski
gptkbp:inverseOperation blowdown
gptkbp:purpose to resolve singularities
to study birational geometry
gptkbp:relatedTo projective variety
singularity resolution
exceptional divisor
birational map
gptkbp:usedIn gptkb:minimal_model_program
resolution of singularities
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Intersection_Theory
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7