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Room P3.10, Mathematics Building

Herwig Hauser, University of Vienna
Blowups and resolution of singularities:
The geometry of blowups
The Mobius strip; collapsing the equator; exploding a point in the plane; geometric definition of blowups; the secant construction; pull-backs of curves under blowup.
Session 1 of the mini course Blowups and resolution of singularities