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Blowup of the affine plane at the origin
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The blowup of
A
2
at the origin is
Bl
0
A
2
=
{((
X
,
Y
)
,
[
W
:
Z
])
:
XZ
=
WY
}
⊆
A
2
×
P
1
.
(45)
Its projection to
A
2
is an isomorphism away from the origin, while the fiber above the origin is the exceptional curve
P
1
.
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