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Let me begin by citing Hermann Weyl ([93, p. 500])
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Catanese, F. (2015). Topological methods in algebraic geometry. In: Zannier, U. (eds) Colloquium De Giorgi 2013 and 2014. Publications of the Scuola Normale Superiore, vol 5. Edizioni della Normale, Pisa. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-88-7642-515-8_4
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