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On the Zariski-van Kampen Theorem

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 November 2018

Ichiro Shimada*
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics, Hokkaido University, Sapporo 060-0810, Japan, email: [email protected]
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Abstract

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Let $f:\,E\,\to \,B$ be a dominant morphism, where $E$ and $B$ are smooth irreducible complex quasi-projective varieties, and let ${{F}_{b}}$ be the general fiber of $f$. We present conditions under which the homomorphism ${{\text{ }\!\!\pi\!\!\text{ }}_{1}}\left( {{F}_{b}} \right)\,\to \,{{\text{ }\!\!\pi\!\!\text{ }}_{1}}\,\left( E \right)$ induced by the inclusion is injective.

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Research Article
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Copyright © Canadian Mathematical Society 2003

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