A Royal Road to Algebraic Geometry

• Main Author: Holme, Audun (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2012.
• Subjects: Mathematics.; Algebraic geometry.; Category theory (Mathematics).; Homological algebra.; Commutative algebra.; Commutative rings.; Geometry.; History.; Algebraic topology.; Algebraic Geometry.; Category Theory, Homological Algebra.; Algebraic Topology.; Commutative Rings and Algebras.; History of Mathematical Sciences.

This book is about modern algebraic geometry. The title A Royal Road to Algebraic Geometry is inspired by the famous anecdote about the king asking Euclid if there really existed no simpler way for learning geometry, than to read all of his work Elements. Euclid is said to have answered: “There is n...