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Developed over more than a century, and still an active area of research today, the classification of algebraic surfaces is an intricate and fascinating branch of mathematics. In this book Professor Beauville gives a lucid and concise account of the subject, following the strategy of F. Enriques, but expressed simply in the language of modern topology and sheaf theory, so as to be accessible to any budding geometer. This volume is self contained and the exercises succeed both in giving the flavour of the extraordinary wealth of examples in the classical subject, and in equipping the reader with most of the techniques needed for research.

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Introduction; Notation; Part I. The Picard Group and the Riemann-Roch Theorem: Part II. Birational Maps: Part III. Ruled Surfaces: Part IV. Rational Surfaces: Part V. Castelnuovo’s Theorem and Applications: Part VI. Surfaces With pg = 0 and q > 1: Part VII. Kodaira Dimension: Part VIII. Surfaces With k = 0: Part IX. Surfaces With k = 1 and Elliptic Surfaces: Part X. Surfaces of General Type: Appendix A. Characteristic p; Appendix B. Complex surfaces; Appendix C. Further reading; References; Index.

LMSST 34 Complex Algebraic Sur 2ed London Mathematical Society Student Texts Series Number 34

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      Publisher: Cambridge University Press
      Publication Date: 6/28/1996 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9780521498425, 978-0521498425
      ISBN10: 0521498422
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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Developed over more than a century, and still an active area of research today, the classification of algebraic surfaces is an intricate and fascinating branch of mathematics. In this book Professor Beauville gives a lucid and concise account of the subject, following the strategy of F. Enriques, but expressed simply in the language of modern topology and sheaf theory, so as to be accessible to any budding geometer. This volume is self contained and the exercises succeed both in giving the flavour of the extraordinary wealth of examples in the classical subject, and in equipping the reader with most of the techniques needed for research.

      Trade Review
      ‘… a lucid and concise account of the subject.’ L’Enseignement Mathématique

      Table of Contents
      Introduction; Notation; Part I. The Picard Group and the Riemann-Roch Theorem: Part II. Birational Maps: Part III. Ruled Surfaces: Part IV. Rational Surfaces: Part V. Castelnuovo’s Theorem and Applications: Part VI. Surfaces With pg = 0 and q > 1: Part VII. Kodaira Dimension: Part VIII. Surfaces With k = 0: Part IX. Surfaces With k = 1 and Elliptic Surfaces: Part X. Surfaces of General Type: Appendix A. Characteristic p; Appendix B. Complex surfaces; Appendix C. Further reading; References; Index.

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