# blowing up

> in algebraic geometry, a transformation on an algebraic variety or scheme, wherein a closed subvariety is replaced with the space of lines passing through it (in the case of a point, a projective space), commonly used to resolve singularities

**Wikidata**: [Q1036595](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1036595)  
**Wikipedia**: [English](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blowing_up)  
**Source**: https://4ort.xyz/entity/blowing-up


## References

1. [Source](https://github.com/JohnMarkOckerbloom/ftl/blob/master/data/wikimap)
2. Freebase Data Dumps. 2013
3. National Library of Israel Names and Subjects Authority File
4. [OpenAlex](https://docs.openalex.org/download-snapshot/snapshot-data-format)