Department of Mathematics  

Duke University





Algebraic Geometry
(Math 627)

Spring 2013

Instructor: Paul Aspinwall

Credits: 1.00, Hours: 03.0

Time: TuTh 10:05-11:20AM.

Location: Physics 227

Requirements

Exams


Prerequisits

Math 602 (Commutative Algebra), or consent from me.

Homework

is listed here.

Synopsis

A rough outline is as follows
  • Varieties
    • Affine Varieties
    • Projective Varieties
    • Morphisms
    • Blowing Up
  • Schemes
    • Sheaves
    • Spec and Proj
    • Morphisms
    • Sheaves of Modules
  • Examples using Toric Varieties
  • Sheaf Cohomology
    • Derived Functors
    • Cech Cohomology

Textbooks

The course will be based on:
  • R. Hartshorne, Algebraic Geometry, Springer-Verlag 1977, 0-387-90244-9

It may also be useful to refer to

  • M. Atiyah, MacDonald, Introduction to Commutative Algebra, Addison-Wesley 1969.
  • D. Cox, J. Little, H. Schenck, Toric Varieties, Graduate Studies in Mathematics 124, AMS 2011.
  • D. Eisenbud, Commutative Algebra with a View Toward Algebraic Geometry, Springer 2004.
  • H. Matsumua, Commutative Algebra, Benjamin/Cummings 1980.

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