Mathematical Problem Solved After More Than 50 Years: Chern Numbers Of Algebraic Varieties
Wednesday, June 10, 2009 - 22:28
in Mathematics & Economics
Hirzebruch's problem at the interface of topology and algebraic geometry has occupied mathematicians for more than 50 years. A professor of mathematics at the Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitaet in Munich has now solved this problem concerning the relationship between different mathematical structures.