66734 - Further topics in geometry

Academic Year 2019/2020

  • Moduli: Luca Migliorini (Modulo 1) Giovanni Mongardi (Modulo 2)
  • Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures (Modulo 1) Traditional lectures (Modulo 2)
  • Campus: Bologna
  • Corso: Second cycle degree programme (LM) in Mathematics (cod. 8208)

Learning outcomes

At the end of the course the student: - has a high culture in the geometric, algebraic and differential areas; - is able to use this knowledge in his research in both geometric and algebraic settings.

Course contents

Affine and projective varieties. Zariski topology. Classical examples.The notion of scheme, motivations, examples.The functor of points of a scheme.The spctrum of a commutative ring, the homogeneous spectrum of a graded ring.Some fundamental notions: separatdness and completeness. Morphisms of schemes. Regularity and singularity. Normality. Morphisms of schemes, flatness and smoothness. Quasi coherent and coherent sheaves, and their cohomology. Comparison between schemes opver the complex numbers and analytic spaces. 

Readings/Bibliography

Hartshorne algebraic geometry. Liu Algebraic geometry and arithmetic curves. Vakil Foundations of algebraic geometry. Manetti:Geometria algebrica.

Teaching methods

Lectures at the blackboard

Assessment methods

Oral exam

Office hours

See the website of Luca Migliorini

See the website of Giovanni Mongardi