Moduli of Curves (Paperback, 1998 ed.)

A guide to a rich and fascinating subject: algebraic curves and how they vary in families. Providing a broad but compact overview of the field, this book is accessible to readers with a modest background in algebraic geometry. It develops many techniques, including Hilbert schemes, deformation theory, stable reduction, intersection theory, and geometric invariant theory, with the focus on examples and applications arising in the study of moduli of curves. From such foundations, the book goes on to show how moduli spaces of curves are constructed, illustrates typical applications with the proofs of the Brill-Noether and Gieseker-Petri theorems via limit linear series, and surveys the most important results about their geometry ranging from irreducibility and complete subvarieties to ample divisors and Kodaira dimension. With over 180 exercises and 70 figures, the book also provides a concise introduction to the main results and open problems about important topics which are not covered in detail.

General

Imprint:	Springer-Verlag New York
Country of origin:	United States
Series:	Graduate Texts in Mathematics, 187
Release date:	July 1998
First published:	1998
Authors:	Joe Harris • Ian Morrison
Dimensions:	235 x 155 x 20mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	369
Edition:	1998 ed.
ISBN-13:	978-0-387-98429-2
Categories:	Books > Science & Mathematics > Mathematics > Geometry > Algebraic geometry Promotions
LSN:	0-387-98429-1
Barcode:	9780387984292

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