Algebraic Geometry
Algebraic Geometry
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Algebraic Geometry by Michael Artin
This book is an introduction to the geometry of complex algebraic varieties. It is intended for students who have learned algebra, analysis, and topology, as taught in standard undergraduate courses. So it is a suitable text for a beginning graduate course or an advanced undergraduate course. The book begins with a study of plane algebraic curves, then introduces affine and projective varieties, going on to dimension and construcibility. $\mathcal{O}$-modules (quasicoherent sheaves) are defined without reference to sheaf theory, and their cohomology is defined axiomatically. The Riemann-Roch Theorem for curves is proved using projection to the projective line. Some of the points that aren't always treated in beginning courses are Hensel's Lemma, Chevalley's Finiteness Theorem, and the Birkhoff-Grothendieck Theorem. The book contains extensive discussions of finite group actions, lines in $\mathbb{P}^3$, and double planes, and it ends with applications of the Riemann-Roch Theorem.
Michael Artin, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA.
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9781470471118 |
| ISBN 10 | 1470471116 |
| Title | Algebraic Geometry |
| Author | Michael Artin |
| Series | Graduate Studies In Mathematics |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | American Mathematical Society |
| Year published | 2022-11-30 |
| Number of pages | 322 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
| Note | Unavailable |