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001 2012018486
003 DLC
005 20130314112011.0
008 120503s2012 enk b 001 0 eng
010 $a 2012018486
020 $a9781107017658 (hardback)
040 $aDLC$cDLC$dDLC
042 $apcc
050 00 $aQA564$b.D638 2012
082 00 $a516.3/5$223
084 $aMAT038000$2bisacsh
100 1 $aDolgachev, I.$q(Igor V.)
245 10 $aClassical algebraic geometry :$ba modern view /$cIgor V. Dolgachev.
260 $aCambridge ;$aNew York :$bCambridge University Press,$c2012.
300 $axii, 639 p. ;$c25 cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 593-619) and index.
520 $a"Algebraic geometry has benefited enormously from the powerful general machinery developed in the latter half of the twentieth century. The cost has been that much of the research of previous generations is in a language unintelligible to modern workers, in particular, the rich legacy of classical algebraic geometry, such as plane algebraic curves of low degree, special algebraic surfaces, theta functions, Cremona transformations, the theory of apolarity and the geometry of lines in projective spaces. The author's contemporary approach makes this legacy accessible to modern algebraic geometers and to others who are interested in applying classical results. The vast bibliography of over 600 references is complemented by an array of exercises that extend or exemplify results given in the book"--$cProvided by publisher.
505 8 $aMachine generated contents note: Preface; 1. Polarity; 2. Conics and quadrics; 3. Plane cubics; 4. Determinantal equations; 5. Theta characteristics; 6. Plane quartics; 7. Cremona transformations; 8. Del Pezzo surfaces; 9. Cubic surfaces; 10. Geometry of lines; Bibliography; Index.
650 0 $aGeometry, Algebraic.
650 7 $aMATHEMATICS / Topology.$2bisacsh
856 42 $3Cover image$uhttp://assets.cambridge.org/97811070/17658/cover/9781107017658.jpg