Lectures on Curves on an Algebraic Surface

by David Mumford

These lectures, delivered by Professor Mumford at Harvard in 1963-1964, are devoted to a study of properties of families of algebraic curves, on a non-singular projective algebraic curve defined over an algebraically closed field of arbitrary characteristic. The methods and techniques of Grothendieck, which have so changed the character of algebraic geometry in recent years, are used systematically throughout. Thus the classical material is presented from a new viewpoint.

Genres: Mathematics

212 pages, Paperback

First published August 1, 1966

About the author

David Mumford is a Professor Emeritus of Mathematics at Brown University.

(David B. Mumford)

Reviews

[Peng Gao · Rating 5 out of 5]

A classic by Mumford. Can read with Dolgachev's lectures on 'abstract algebraic geometry'.