The Red Book of Varieties and Schemes
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The Red Book of Varieties and Schemes by E Arbarello
Mumford's famous Red Book gives a simple readable account of the basic objects of algebraic geometry, preserving as much as possible their geometric flavor and integrating this with the tools of commutative algebra. It is aimed at graduate students or mathematicians in other fields wishing to learn quickly what algebraic geometry is all about. This new edition also includes an overview of the theory of curves, their moduli spaces and their Jacobians, one of the most exciting fields within algebraic geometry. The book is aimed at graduate students and professors seeking to learn i) the concept of "scheme" as part of their study of algebraic geometry and ii) an overview of moduli problems for curves and of the use of theta functions to study these.
"This is the second edition of a famous and well-known introduction to algebraic geometry, written to show that the language of schemes is fundamentally geometrical and clearly expressing the intuition of algebraic geometry... This book can strongly be recommended to anybody interested in algebraic geometry and willing to learn about varieties and schemes and their main problems."
EMS Newsletter, Vol. 37, Sept. 2000
EMS Newsletter, Vol. 37, Sept. 2000
David Mumford's biography David Mumford was born in England on June 11, 1937, and has been a part of Harvard University since he was a freshman till now, when he is the Higgins Professor of Mathematics. Mumford worked on the domains of algebraic geometry in the 1960s and 1970s, specializing in the theory of moduli spaces, which are spaces that classify all objects of a particular type, such as all curves of a specific genus or all vector bundles on a fixed curve of a specified rank and degree. In 1974, Mumford received the Fields Medal for his contributions to moduli spaces and algebraic surfaces. He is currently working on pattern recognition and artificial intelligence mathematics.
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9783540632931 |
| ISBN 10 | 354063293X |
| Title | The Red Book of Varieties and Schemes |
| Author | E Arbarello |
| Series | Lecture Notes In Mathematics |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG |
| Year published | 1999-09-17 |
| Number of pages | 314 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
| Note | Unavailable |