Elliptic singularity

Short description: Type of surface singularity used in algebraic geometry

In algebraic geometry, an elliptic singularity of a surface, introduced by (Wagreich 1970), is a surface singularity such that the arithmetic genus of its local ring is 1.

See also

• Rational singularity

References

• Wagreich, Philip (1970), "Elliptic singularities of surfaces", American Journal of Mathematics (The Johns Hopkins University Press) 92 (2): 419–454, doi:10.2307/2373333, ISSN 0002-9327