Resolution Global GMS ES Strata Build. Blocks Comb. Appl. HCA Proving Arrangements Branches Classify Coding Deformations Equidim Part Existence Finite Groups Flatness Genus Hilbert Series Membership Nonnormal Locus Normalization Primdec Puiseux Plane Curves Saturation Solving Space Curves Spectrum	Resolution - Some Theoretical Background Resolution in characteristic 0: ca. 1890: Curve singularities (Kronecker, Noether, Brill, ...) ca. 1935: Surface singularities (Walker, Zariski, ...) 1964: General case (Hironaka) 1989 ff: Constructive proofs for general case (Villamayor, Bierstone/Milman) In positive characteristic the general question is still open -- partial results are given, e.g., by Abhyankar, Lipman, A.J. de Jong. -> Back
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