# Modern (english) version of 1960 Italian paper by Gallarati?

Gallarati studied contact of surfaces in $\mathbb{P}^3$, that is surfaces $V,W \subset \mathbb{P}^3$ such that $V.W = qD$ with $q$ an integer that is at least 2 and $D$ some curve.

I would like to read his results, contained in the 1960 paper "Ricerche sul contatto di superficie algebriche lungo curve". However, this is in Italian and uses older language of algebraic geometry.

Does anyone know a place where to find his results in more modern language, and in English? (French or German will also suffice.)

Edit: A more precise reference can be found at

http://www.ams.org/mathscinet/pdf/124805.pdf

or at (thanks Carlo Beenakker!)

• Do you have a precise reference for this paper? Apr 25, 2013 at 3:43
• it's in the proceedings of the Belgian Academy of Sciences, here is the bibliographic link, they'll send you a scan if you pay them a few Euro's: academieroyale.be/… Apr 25, 2013 at 6:35
• @Filippo, i have added the mathscinet reference. Thanks, i should have done this straight away. Apr 25, 2013 at 13:32
• @Carlo Thanks! If there is no modern reference i'll buy the paper there (and ask an Italian friend for help). Apr 25, 2013 at 13:33
• Wow, it is 78 pages long... I swear I would have tried, but it seems to be a loooooong task ;-) Apr 25, 2013 at 17:29