MAT 615. Introduction to Algebraic Geometry
Samuel Grushevsky, Spring 2012, Stony Brook University
TuTh 2:20pm - 3:40pm, in Physics P112
Overview: The course will be an introduction to modern algebraic geometry. We will mostly concentrate on sheaves, schemes, and sheaf cohomology. The material covered will be comparable to chapters II and III of Hartshorne, though different textbooks will be used (see below). The geometric aspects of the theory will be emphasized throughout, and numerous examples provided. The goal is to develop familiarity with concepts so that you could work with them comfortably in a geometric context.
Prerequisites: Some exposure to complex or algebraic manifolds will be implicitly assumed, though we'll start with Nullstellensatz. MAT 545 (Complex Geometry/Griffiths-Harris) is certainly sufficient preparation. Some results from commutative algebra will be used as black boxes. If in doubt, please ask me.
Grading: Please see me if you have not passed your orals yet.
Textbook: While there is no one textbook, we will use much material and structure
from Ravi Vakil's Lecture notes. Ravi welcomes
any suggestions, found typos, etc. - please contact him directly, or I am happy to aggregate comments and forward.
We will also use some material from Mumford's The
Red Book of Varieties and Schemes, and from Eisenbud and Harris' The Geometry of
Schemes.
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