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Elementary introduction to representable functors and Hilbert schemes

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  1. Mathematical Institute, University of Bergen, Allégt. 55, N-5007 Bergen, Norway

Abstract

The purpose of this paper is to define and prove the existence of the Hilbert scheme. This was originally done by Grothendieck in [4]. A simplified proof was given by Mumford [11], and we will basically follow that proof, with small modifications.

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Banach Center Publications
1996/36/1
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Pages:
179-198
Main language of publication
English
Published
1996
Exact and natural sciences