This book is a revised and expanded new edition of the first four chapters of Shafarevich's well-known introductory book on algebraic geometry. Besides correcting misprints and inaccuracies, the author has added plenty of new material, mostly concrete geometrical material such as Grassmannian varieties, plane cubic curves, the cubic surface, degenerations of quadrics and elliptic curves, the Bertini theorems, and normal surface singularities.
"synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title.
From the reviews: "To my best knowledge, only this book manages to describe so many advanced constructions while still being accessible for researchers outside the field of algebraic geometry. This book is indeed a tremendous achievement." (Newsletter on Computational and Applied Mathematics)
"About this title" may belong to another edition of this title.
£ 26.77 shipping from U.S.A. to United Kingdom
Destination, rates & speedsSeller: Bingo Used Books, Vancouver, WA, U.S.A.
Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Trade paperback in very good condition. light crease on corner of cover otherwise very good plus. Seller Inventory # 175305
Quantity: 1 available
Seller: Moe's Books, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.
Softcover. Condition: Very good., Second. Minor creasing to spine, otherwise a clean copy with no markings to text. Seller Inventory # 1121579
Quantity: 1 available