nLab wonderful compactification

Idea

A certain kind of compactification of a variety used for resolution of singularities.

Related concepts

• Fulton-MacPherson compactification

References

See also

• Wikipedia Wonderful compactification

In generalization of Fulton-MacPherson compactifications of configuration spaces of points:

• Corrado de Concini, Claudio Procesi, Wonderful models of subspace arrangements, Selecta Mathematica, New Series Vol. 1, No. 3, 1995 (pdf)

see also

• Eva Maria Feichner, De Concini–Procesi Wonderful Arrangement Models: A Discrete Geometer’s Point of View, Math. Sci. Res. Inst. Publ 52, 2005 (pdf)

In relation to Feynman amplitudes on compactified configuration spaces of points:

• Marko Berghoff, Wonderful compactifications in quantum field theory, Communications in Number Theory and Physics Volume 9 (2015) Number 3 (arXiv:1411.5583)