Algebraic Geometry for Beginners
Description:... This volume offers a nearly self-contained introduction to some of the basic concepts of algebraic geometry. Prerequisites have been kept to a minimum in order to examine the following areas and some of their standard applications: Bezout's Theorem, the Fundamental Theorem of Projective Geometry, and Zariski's Main Theorem. The exposition is modern, but in the language of ``varieties'', rather than that of ``schemes'', making it more accessible to the non-expert. There is extensive coverage of plane curves, including elliptic curves and complex tori, moduli questions, and applications to cryptology.
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