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  • They were named after Oscar Zariski who used them in 1958 to give examples of unirational surfaces in characteristic p 0 that are not rational.

    Archive 2007-01-01 Cliff Pickover 2007

  • They were named after Oscar Zariski who used them in 1958 to give examples of unirational surfaces in characteristic p 0 that are not rational.

    Zariski surface Cliff Pickover 2007

  • In particular, all Zariski surfaces are unirational.

    Zariski surface Cliff Pickover 2007

  • In characteristic 0 by contrast, Castelnuovo's theorem implies that all unirational surfaces are rational.

    Archive 2007-01-01 Cliff Pickover 2007

  • In particular, all Zariski surfaces are unirational.

    Archive 2007-01-01 Cliff Pickover 2007

  • In characteristic 0 by contrast, Castelnuovo's theorem implies that all unirational surfaces are rational.

    Zariski surface Cliff Pickover 2007

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