Spring 2023 - MATH 819 G100

Algebra: Selected Topics (4)

Algebraic Geometry

Class Number: 6503

Delivery Method: In Person

Overview

  • Course Times + Location:

    Jan 4 – Apr 11, 2023: Tue, Thu, 10:30 a.m.–12:20 p.m.
    Burnaby

Description

COURSE DETAILS:

A second course in algebraic geometry, introducing students to the fundamental tools of the subject, including sheaves, schemes and cohomology.

Topics (roughly Hartshorne II.1–II.8 and III.1-III.4):
– Sheaves, ringed spaces, schemes, morphisms of schemes
– Dimension and smoothness
– Quasicoherent sheaves of modules
– Line bundles, divisors, maps to Pn
– Sheaf cohomology
– (Time permitting) vector bundles and Grassmannians

Grading

  • Grades will be based on homework sets 50%
  • Final exam 30%
  • Final written project 20%

NOTES:

Homework sets will be every two weeks (6 homework sets over the term)

THE INSTRUCTOR RESERVES THE RIGHT TO CHANGE ANY OF THE ABOVE INFORMATION.
Students should be aware that they have certain rights to confidentiality concerning the return of course papers and the
posting of marks. Please pay careful attention to the options discussed in class at the beginning of the semester

Materials

MATERIALS + SUPPLIES:

Texts:
– Algebraic Geometry, Robin Hartshorne (primary)
– The Rising Sea: Foundations of Algebraic Geometry, Ravi Vakil (secondary)
– The Geometry of Schemes, David Eisenbud and Joe Harris (secondary)

This course is delivered in person, on campus. Should public health guidelines recommend limits on in person gatherings,
this course may include virtual meetings. As such, all students are recommended to have access to strong and reliable
internet, the ability to scan documents (a phone app is acceptable) and access to a webcam and microphone (embedded in
a computer is sufficient).

REQUIRED READING NOTES:

Your personalized Course Material list, including digital and physical textbooks, are available through the SFU Bookstore website by simply entering your Computing ID at: shop.sfu.ca/course-materials/my-personalized-course-materials.

Graduate Studies Notes:

Important dates and deadlines for graduate students are found here: http://www.sfu.ca/dean-gradstudies/current/important_dates/guidelines.html. The deadline to drop a course with a 100% refund is the end of week 2. The deadline to drop with no notation on your transcript is the end of week 3.

Registrar Notes:

ACADEMIC INTEGRITY: YOUR WORK, YOUR SUCCESS

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