Title Statements
- Full title :Complex algebraic curves / Frances Kirwan.
Summary
This book introduces the theory, observes the algebraic and topological properties of complex algebraic curves, and shows how they are related to complex analysis.
Read More ↓Edition Statements
- Publication Date:1995, c1992.
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):Cambridge University Press
- Place of Publication:Cambridge [England]
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:1995, c1992.
Notes
Description based upon print version of record.
The Physical Object
- Description:1 online resource (274 p.).
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:1316086976, 9781316086971, 1107091314, 9781107091313, 1107088275, 9781107088276, 1107100305, 9781107100305, 1107094496, 9781107094499, 0511623925, 9780511623929
- oclc:on1162248696
- LC Classification:QA565
- Dewey Decimal:516.3/52
Table of Contents
Cover; Series Page; Title; Copyright; Contents; Preface; Chapter 1 Introduction and background; 1.1 A brief history of algebraic curves; 1.2 Relationship with other parts of mathematics; 1.2.1 Number theory; 1.2.2 Singularities and the theory of knots; 1.2.3 Complex analysis; 1.2.4 Abelian integrals; 1.3 Real Algebraic Curves; 1.3.1 Hilbert's Nullstellensatz; 1.3.2 Techniques for drawing real algebraic curves; 1.3.3 Real algebraic curves inside complex algebraic curves; 1.3.4 Important examples of real algebraic curves; Chapter 2 Foundations; 2.1 Complex algebraic curves in C2
2.2 Complex projective spaces2.3 Complex projective curves in P2; 2.4 Affine and projective curves; 2.5 Exercises; Chapter 3 Algebraic properties; 3.1 Bezout's theorem; 3.2 Points of inflection and cubic curves; 3.3 Exercises; Chapter 4 Topological properties; 4.1 The degree-genus formula; 4.1.1 The first method of proof; 4.1.2 The second method of proof; 4.2 Branched covers of PI; 4.3 Proof of the degree-genus formula; 4.4 Exercises; Chapter 5 Riemann surfaces; 5.1 The Weierstrass p-function; 5.2 Riemann surfaces; 5.3 Exercises; Chapter 6 Differentials on Riemann surfaces
6.1 Holomorphic differentials6.2 …
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