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Singularities of Varieties

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Total transform and proper transform<br />

If C ⊂ C 2 is a curve containing o, then p −1 (C) has two components: the<br />

proper transform ˜C and the exceptional curve E. The pullback <strong>of</strong> the<br />

equation F <strong>of</strong> C factors into x m ˜f(x, ỹ), where ˜f is the local equation <strong>of</strong><br />

˜C, x is the equation <strong>of</strong> the exceptional curve, and m is the order <strong>of</strong> C at o.<br />

The curve ˜C may have “new” singular points in E. The sum <strong>of</strong> all orders<br />

at these new points is less than or equal to m.<br />

Theorem. The procedure <strong>of</strong> blowing up singular points is finite.<br />

VO AAG 35

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