Classical Algebraic Geometry: A Modern View - Hardcover

Dolgachev, Igor V.

 
9781107017658: Classical Algebraic Geometry: A Modern View
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 1107017653 ISBN 13: 9781107017658
Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2012

Synopsis

Algebraic geometry has benefited enormously from the powerful general machinery developed in the latter half of the twentieth century. The cost has been that much of the research of previous generations is in a language unintelligible to modern workers, in particular, the rich legacy of classical algebraic geometry, such as plane algebraic curves of low degree, special algebraic surfaces, theta functions, Cremona transformations, the theory of apolarity and the geometry of lines in projective spaces. The author's contemporary approach makes this legacy accessible to modern algebraic geometers and to others who are interested in applying classical results. The vast bibliography of over 600 references is complemented by an array of exercises that extend or exemplify results given in the book.

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About the Author

Igor V. Dolgachev is Professor Emeritus in the Department of Mathematics at the University of Michigan.

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Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Publication date
2012
Language
English
ISBN 10 
1107017653
ISBN 13 
9781107017658
Binding
Hardcover
Edition number
1
Number of pages
652