18.727 | Spring 2008 | Graduate

Topics in Algebraic Geometry: Algebraic Surfaces

Cubic surface with rational double points

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An example of a cubic surface with singularities. Eight lines on the cubic surface are shown. On a nonsingular cubic surface, there are always 27 lines. (Image courtesy of Dr. Oliver Labs and Prof. Duco van Straten, Cubics.AlgebraicSurface.net)

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Cubic surface with rational double points

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