Syllabus: Topics from: Polynomial rings, Hilbert Basis
theorem, Noether normalisation lemma, Hilbert Nullstellensatz, Affine
and Projective spaces, Affine Schemes, Elementary dimension theory,
Smoothness, Curves,
Divisors on curves, Bezout's theorem, Abelian differential, Riemann Roch
for curves.
Suggested Texts :
1. W. Fulton, Algebraic curves. An introduction to algebraic geometry, Addison- Wesley
(1989).
2. D.S. Dummit and R.M. Foote, Abstract Algebra (Part V), John Wiley (Asian reprint
2003).
3. C.G. Gibson, Elementary Geometry of Algebraic Curves, Cambridge (1999).
4. I.R. Shafarevich, Basic algebraic geometry, Springer (1994).
5. J. Harris, Algebraic geometry. A rst course, GTM (133), Springer-Verlag (1995).
6. K. Kendig, Elementary algebraic geometry, GTM (44), Springer-Verlag (1977).
7. D. Mumford, The Red Book of Varieties and Schemes, Springer (1999).
8. C. Musili, Algebraic geometry for beginners, TRIM (20), HBA (2001).
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- Teacher: Utsav Choudhury