Polarized varieties whose points are joined by rational curves of small degrees

Illinois Journal of Mathematics

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 350-390

  Kachi, Yasuyuki ^a   Sato, Eiichi ^b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

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EID: 0001214222     PISSN: 00192082     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1215/ijm/1255985220     Document Type: Article

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