Abstract
This paper is the first in a series of three papers concerning the surface T × T. Here we study the degeneration of T × T and the regeneration of its degenerated object. We also study the braid monodromy and its regeneration.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 195-270 |
Number of pages | 76 |
Journal | Acta Applicandae Mathematicae |
Volume | 75 |
Issue number | 1-3 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Jan 2003 |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:The first author (M.A.) would like to thank the Einstein Institute, The Hebrew University, Jerusalem for hospitality and support. Her work was partially supported by the Emmy Noether Research Institute for mathematics (center of the Minerva Foundation of Germany), the Excellency Center (Group Theoretic Methods in the Study of Algebraic Varieties of the Israel Science Foundation), and EAGER (EU Network, HPRN-CT-2009-00099).
Keywords
- Algebraic topology of manifolds
- Covering spaces
- Curves
- Degeneration
- Elliptic surfaces
- Fundamental groups
- Homotopy groups
- Moduli spaces
- Monodromy
- Singularities
- Surfaces