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Cox ring

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A sort of universal homogeneous coordinate ring for a projective variety, and (roughly speaking) a direct sum of the spaces of sections of all isomorphism classes of line bundles.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: algebraic-geometry, geometry, mathematics, sciences

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Named after David A. Cox, whose earlier construction led to these.