Parameter spaces for curves on surfaces and enumeration of rational curves

Compositio Mathematica

Volumn 113, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 155-208

  Caporaso, Lucia ^a,b   Harris, Joe ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cross ratio method; Enumerative geometry; Rational curve; Rational surface; Severi variety

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001487244     PISSN: 0010437X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1000401119940     Document Type: Article

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