Lefschetz pencils

GPTKB entity

Statements (18)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:mathematical_concept
gptkbp:application decomposition of varieties
studying the topology of algebraic varieties
gptkbp:category gptkb:topology
gptkbp:defines A Lefschetz pencil is a family of divisors on a smooth projective variety parameterized by the projective line, with certain singularities.
gptkbp:field gptkb:algebraic_geometry
gptkbp:generalizes linear system of divisors
gptkbp:hasSingularities ordinary double points
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Lefschetz pencils
gptkbp:introducedIn 1920s
gptkbp:namedAfter gptkb:Solomon_Lefschetz
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:Morse_theory
gptkb:Lefschetz_fibration
gptkbp:usedBy Donaldson's theory of symplectic manifolds
gptkbp:usedIn gptkb:topology
study of complex algebraic varieties
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Lefschetz_pencil_theorem
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7