Irregularity
From Encyclopedia of Mathematics
A numerical invariant of a non-singular projective algebraic variety 
, equal to the dimension of its Picard variety. If the ground field has characteristic zero (or, more general, if the Picard scheme of 
is reduced), then the irregularity coincides with the dimension of the first cohomology space 
with coefficients in the structure sheaf.
A variety with non-zero irregularity is called irregular, and a variety with zero irregularity — regular. Sometimes the 
-th irregularity of a complete linear system 
on a variety 
is defined as
 |
where 
.
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References
| [a1] | R. Hartshorne, "Algebraic geometry" , Springer (1977) |
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Irregularity. Encyclopedia of Mathematics. URL: http://encyclopediaofmath.org/index.php?title=Irregularity&oldid=23871
Irregularity. Encyclopedia of Mathematics. URL: http://encyclopediaofmath.org/index.php?title=Irregularity&oldid=23871
This article was adapted from an original article by I.V. Dolgachev (originator), which appeared in Encyclopedia of Mathematics - ISBN 1402006098. See original article