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Cox ring

Cox ring noun: 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.

Noun

Cox ring (plural Cox rings)

  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.

Forms of Cox ring

pluralCox rings

Origin of Cox ring

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

Questions about Cox ring

What does Cox ring mean?
Cox ring means 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.
What part of speech is Cox ring?
Cox ring is a noun.
What is the plural of Cox ring?
The plural of Cox ring is Cox rings.

Words near Cox ring in the dictionary

  1. cox
  2. Cox and Box
  3. cox box
  4. cox boxes
  5. Cox Green
  6. Cox ring
  7. Cox rings
  8. cox'n
  9. Cox's Bazar
  10. Cox's Bazar District
  11. Cox's Cove

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