TY - BOOK AU - ED - SpringerLink (Online service) TI - Basic Algebraic Geometry 1: Varieties in Projective Space SN - 9783642379567 AV - QA564-609 U1 - 516.35 23 PY - 2013/// CY - Berlin, Heidelberg PB - Springer Berlin Heidelberg, Imprint: Springer KW - Mathematics KW - Geometry, algebraic KW - Algebraic Geometry KW - Theoretical, Mathematical and Computational Physics N1 - Preface -- Book 1. Varieties in Projective Space: Chapter 1. Basic Notions -- Chapter II. Local Properties -- Chapter III. Divisors and Differential Forms -- Chapter IV. Intersection Numbers -- Algebraic Appendix -- References -- Index N2 - Shafarevich's Basic Algebraic Geometry has been a classic and universally used introduction to the subject since its first appearance over 40 years ago. As the translator writes in a prefatory note, ``For all [advanced undergraduate and beginning graduate] students, and for the many specialists in other branches of math who need a liberal education in algebraic geometry, Shafarevichs book is a must.'' The third edition, in addition to some minor corrections, now offers a new treatment of the Riemann--Roch theorem for curves, including a proof from first principles. Shafarevich's book is an attractive and accessible introduction to algebraic geometry, suitable for beginning students and nonspecialists, and the new edition is set to remain a popular introduction to the field UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-37956-7 ER -