Singularities of linear systems and the waring problem

Transactions of the American Mathematical Society

Volumn 358, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 5523-5538

  Mella, Massimiliano ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FERRARA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Birational maps; Linear system; Singularities; Waring

Indexed keywords

EID: 33845756412     PISSN: 00029947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1090/S0002-9947-06-03893-1     Document Type: Article

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