nLab algebraic surface

Idea

An algebraic variety of dimension 2.

Examples

• K3 surface

Related concepts

• dimension 1-case: algebraic curve
• complex surface

References

• Oscar Zariski, Shreeram S. Abhyankar, Joseph Lipman, David Mumford (eds.), Algebraic surfaces, Classics in mathematics (second supplemented ed.) (2004) [1935], Berlin, New York: Springer-Verlag, ISBN 978-3-540-58658-6, MR 0469915