divisor in algebraic geometry

C27993
concept

A divisor in algebraic geometry is a formal finite integer linear combination of irreducible codimension-one subvarieties (or points on a curve), used to encode zeros and poles of rational functions and to study line bundles and linear systems.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
divisor in algebraic geometry canonical 2
Weil divisor generalization 1

Description generation (CDg)

The one-sentence description above was generated by prompting gpt-5.1 with the class name and this instruction.

Instruction
generate a one-sentence description for a given conceptual class.
# Response Format
Return only the sentence: "Description: [one-sentence description of the conceptional class]"
Input
Class: divisor in algebraic geometry
Generated description
A divisor in algebraic geometry is a formal finite integer linear combination of irreducible codimension-one subvarieties (or points on a curve), used to encode zeros and poles of rational functions and to study line bundles and linear systems.

Instances (2)

Instance Via concept surface
Weil divisor
Cartier divisor