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On Certain Loci of Three Dimensions Representable on Ordinary Space by means of Cubic Surfaces, and the Cremona Transformations for Ordinary Space obtained by Projection of such Loci

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 October 2008

J. G. Semple
J. G. Semple
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St John's College.
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If we have one birational representation of a threefold locus V on an ordinary space S3, and if we can project V birationally on to another space S3′, then clearly there will be a Cremona correspondence between the two spaces S3 and S3′. This paper deals, in the first place, with threefold loci in higher space which can be represented birationally on ordinary space by means of cubic surfaces; and Cremona transformations for ordinary space are then obtained, as indicated above, by projecting such loci. In particular it will be shown that most of the more important cubic transformations and their reverses can be obtained very simply by this method.

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Mathematical Proceedings of the Cambridge Philosophical Society , Volume 25 , Issue 2 , April 1929 , pp. 145 - 167
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Copyright © Cambridge Philosophical Society 1929

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