Around Homology Planes: Old and new

2024/01/11 by Rodolfo Aguilar, Aguilar, Rodolfo Aguilar
Mathematics · #Algebraic Geometry (math.AG) #Algebraic Geometry and Number Theory #Commutative Algebra and Its Applications #FOS: Mathematics #Homotopy and Cohomology in Algebraic Topology

paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.2401.06058

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Abstract

We survey some old and new results about acyclic (affine) complex surfaces, also called homology planes. We ask several questions and leave open directions for future research.

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