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  2. Steiner's conic problem - Wikipedia

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    Steiner claimed that the number of conics tangent to 5 given conics in general position is 7776 = 6 5, but later realized this was wrong. [2] The correct number 3264 was found in about 1859 by Ernest de Jonquières who did not publish because of Steiner's reputation, and by Chasles using his theory of characteristics, [3] and by Berner in 1865.

  3. Intersection theory - Wikipedia

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    One says that “the affine plane does not have a good intersection theory”, and intersection theory on non-projective varieties is much more difficult. A line on a P 1 × P 1 (which can also be interpreted as the non-singular quadric Q in P 3) has self-intersection 0, since a line can be moved off itself. (It is a ruled surface.)

  4. Enumerative geometry - Wikipedia

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    The study of moduli spaces of curves, maps and other geometric objects, sometimes via the theory of quantum cohomology. The study of quantum cohomology, Gromov–Witten invariants and mirror symmetry gave a significant progress in Clemens conjecture. Enumerative geometry is very closely tied to intersection theory. [1]

  5. Witten conjecture - Wikipedia

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    encodes all the intersection indices as its coefficients. Witten's conjecture states that the partition function Z = exp F is a τ-function for the KdV hierarchy , in other words it satisfies a certain series of partial differential equations corresponding to the basis { L − 1 , L 0 , L 1 , … } {\displaystyle \{L_{-1},L_{0},L_{1},\ldots ...

  6. Residual intersection - Wikipedia

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    To be precise, they develop the intersection theory by a way of solving the problems of residual intersections (namely, by the use of the Segre class of a normal cone to an intersection.) A generalization to a situation where the assumption on regular embedding is weakened is due to Kleiman (1981).

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    Researchers have developed an inexpensive blood test that they say can detect pancreatic cancer — even in its early stages.. Using a small blood sample, researchers from Oregon Health & Science ...

  8. Scheme-theoretic intersection - Wikipedia

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    That is, a scheme-theoretic multiplicity of an intersection may differ from an intersection-theoretic multiplicity, the latter given by Serre's Tor formula. Solving this disparity is one of the starting points for derived algebraic geometry, which aims to introduce the notion of derived intersection.

  9. Schubert calculus - Wikipedia

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    For example, the expected dimension of intersection of and is , the intersection of and has expected dimension , and so on. The definition of a Schubert variety states that the first value of j {\displaystyle j} with dim ⁡ ( V j ∩ w ) ≥ i {\displaystyle \dim(V_{j}\cap w)\geq i} is generically smaller than the expected value n − k + i ...