Algebraic curves
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| Rating | : | 4.63 (538 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B0007DWETA |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 201 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 0000-00-00 |
| Language | : | English |
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"Best introduction to algebraic geometry" according to KB. My advisor in graduate school told me to read this book. My office mate followed his advice. From then on, whenever I asked a question of my office mate, he stared into space searching for an answer, and then he replied, "Read Walker." In my opinion, it is the single most important book you can read if you want to become an algebraic geometer, or if you want to understand what an algebraic geometer is talking about. I am astonished to see that it is out of print. If the book has any flaws, I haven't been able to find them. Thank God for Robert J. Walker.
Saunders MacLane for a very careful examination and criticism of an early version of the work. L. Experience in teaching the material showed the need of an intro duction to the underlying algebra and projective geometry, so this is supplied in the first two chapters. This book was written to furnish a starting point for the study of algebraic geometry. Methods of presentation, proof of theorems, and problems, have been adapted from various sources. Walker for suggestions and assistance with the proof, and particularly Prof. R. The inclusion of this material makes the book almost entirely self-contained. G. We also wish to thank Mr. These criteria led to a selection of topics from the theory of curves, centering around birational transformations and linear series. Lefschetz and O. The topics presented and methods of presenting them were chosen with the following ideas in mind; to keep the treat ment as elementary as possible, to introduce some of the recently devel oped