Deformations of Algebraic Schemes

• Main Author: Sernesi, Edoardo (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2006.
• Series: A Series of Comprehensive Studies in Mathematics, 334
• Subjects: Mathematics.; Algebraic geometry.; Commutative algebra.; Commutative rings.; Geometry.; Algebraic Geometry.; Commutative Rings and Algebras.

The study of small and local deformations of algebraic varieties originates in the classical work of Kodaira and Spencer and its formalization by Grothendieck in the late 1950's. It has become increasingly important in algebraic geometry in every context where variational phenomena come into pl...