Codimension 2
From Mathematics
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Not: <ref name="Hut13"/> but has an informative introduction... | Not: <ref name="Hut13"/> but has an informative introduction... | ||
| − | In the | + | In the 1970's a beautiful story began, when mathematicians, with Spencer Bloch leading the way, began to discover a |
beautiful connection between algebraic K-Theory, algebraic cycles and polylogarithms. The first work was restricted to the | beautiful connection between algebraic K-Theory, algebraic cycles and polylogarithms. The first work was restricted to the | ||
case of codimension 2 cycles, K_2, and the dilogarithm (this next polylogarithm after the usual logarithm) and '''quite explicit'''. | case of codimension 2 cycles, K_2, and the dilogarithm (this next polylogarithm after the usual logarithm) and '''quite explicit'''. | ||
