Publication

1997 - Springer Verlag, New York, New York (State)

Language

English

Word Count

76,000 words, Guess

Page Count

304 pages

Identifiers

  • Open LibraryOL689203M
  • ISBN-10354063293X
  • OCLC Control Number42002571
  • Library of Congress Control Number97036240
  • LibraryThing1770379
and 1 more
  • Goodreads300861

Classifications

  • DDC510 s
  • DDC516.3/5
  • LCCQA3 .L28 no. 1358
and 4 more
  • LCCQA564 .L28 no. 1358
  • LCCQA3 .L28 no. 1358a
  • LCCQA564 .L28 no. 1358a
  • LCCQA564-609

Description

"The book under review is a reprint of Mumford's famous Harvard lecture notes, widely used by the few past generations of algebraic geometers. Springer-Verlag has done the mathematical community a service by making these notes available once again.... The informal style and frequency of examples make the book an excellent text." (Mathematical Reviews)

Description

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.

Subjects

Series Statement

  • Lecture notes in mathematics ;
  • 1358
  • Lecture notes in mathematics (Springer-Verlag) ;

Other Editions

  • The red book of varieties and schemes: with an appendix on "curves and their Jacobians"Springer Verlag1997-01-01

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