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An Invitation to Algebraic Geometry

Karen E Smith author Lauri Kahanpää author Pekka Kekäläinen author William Traves author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Springer-Verlag New York Inc.

Published:19th Nov '10

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The aim of this book is to describe the underlying principles of algebraic geometry, some of its important developments in the twentieth century, and some of the problems that occupy its practitioners today.The aim of this book is to describe the underlying principles of algebraic geometry, some of its important developments in the twentieth century, and some of the problems that occupy its practitioners today. It is intended for the working or the aspiring mathematician who is unfamiliar with algebraic geometry but wishes to gain an appreciation of its foundations and its goals with a minimum of prerequisites. Few algebraic prerequisites are presumed beyond a basic course in linear algebra.

K.E. Smith, L. Kahanpaeae, P.Kekaelaeinen, and W.N. Traves

An Invitation to Algebraic Geometry

"The book . . . is clear and accessible."—CHOICE

ISBN: 9781441931955

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164 pages

Softcover reprint of hardcover 1st ed. 2000