Mathematics – Algebraic Geometry
Scientific paper
1999-11-16
J. reine angew. Math. 524, 1-15 (2000)
Mathematics
Algebraic Geometry
20 pages, submitted to J. Reine Angew. Math
Scientific paper
We characterize contractible curves on proper normal algebraic surfaces in
terms of complementary Weil divisors. Using this we generalize the classical
criteria of Castelnuovo and Artin. As application we derive a finiteness result
on homogeneous spectra defined by Weil divisors on surfaces.
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