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Rings and Modules Seminar
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© 2006 Thomas G. Kucera

Clint Enns
umenns42@cc.umanitoba.ca

Department of Mathematics
University of Manitoba

Tuesday, April 04, 2006

The 27 lines on a smooth cubic surface
Abstract:

A cubic surface is a projective variety studied in algebraic geometry. In 1849, Salmon and Cayley published the Cayley-Salmon theorem which states that there are exactly 27 straight lines on a cubic surface. In my talk, I will show that every smooth cubic surface has exactly 27 lines on it. Furthermore, I will show the configuration of these lines.


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