Cohomological and geometric approaches to rationality problems
Subtitle: new perspectives
By: Fedor Bogomolov, Yuri Tschinkel, editors
Series: Progress in mathematics -- v. 282; Progress in mathematics (Boston, Mass.) -- v. 282.
Publisher: Birkhäuser
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Boston
Language: eng
Number of pages: 311
ISBN-13: 9780817649333; 9780817649340
Subjects: Algebraic Geometry; Homology theory; Rational points (Geometry)
Description: "This comprehensive text consists of surveys and research papers by leading specialists in the field. Topics discussed include the rationality of quotient spaces, cohomological invariants of finite groups of Lie type, rationality of moduli spaces of curves, and rational points on algebraic varieties. This volume is intended for research mathematicians and graduate students interested in algebraic geometry, and specifically in rationality problems."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.