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Fall 2025

Chi Li

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Course Description:

This is a first course in algebraic geometry. Emphasis will be on basic notion and examples. We will cover most of Shafarevich's book: Basic Algebraic Geometry I. If there is time, we will also talk about schemes, coherent sheaves.

Textbook:

Shafarevich, Basic Algebraic Geometry I (Varieties in Projective Space)

Prerequisites:

Linear Algebrac, Abstract algebra, Complex Analysis