birational geometry
Noun
Meaning
birational geometry (uncountable)
(algebraic geometry) A field of algebraic geometry in which the aim is to determine under what conditions two algebraic varieties are isomorphic outside lower-dimensional subsets.
Birational geometry amounts to the study of mappings given by rational functions rather than polynomials.
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Related terms
birational automorphism
birational automorphism group
birational equivalence
birational invariant
birational mapping
birational morphism