Introduction to Singularities - Couverture rigide

Ishii, Shihoko

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 4431568360 ISBN 13 : 9784431568360

Editeur : Springer Verlag, Japan, 2018

Synopsis

This book is an introduction to singularities for graduate students and researchers.

Algebraic geometry is said to have originated in the seventeenth century with the famous work Discours de la méthode pour bien conduire sa raison, et chercher la vérité dans les sciences by Descartes. In that book he introduced coordinates to the study of geometry. After its publication, research on algebraic varieties developed steadily. Many beautiful results emerged in mathematicians' works. First, mostly non-singular varieties were studied. In the past three decades, however, it has become clear that singularities are necessary for us to have a good description of the framework of varieties. For example, it is impossible to formulate minimal model theory for higher-dimensional cases without singularities. A remarkable fact is that the study of singularities is developing and people are beginning to see that singularities are interesting and can be handled by human beings. This bookis a handy introduction to singularities for anyone interested in singularities. The focus is on an isolated singularity in an algebraic variety. After preparation of varieties, sheaves, and homological algebra, some known results about 2-dimensional isolated singularities are introduced. Then a classification of higher-dimensional isolated singularities is shown according to plurigenera and the behavior of singularities under a deformation is studied. In the second edition, brief descriptions about recent remarkable developments of the researches are added as the last chapter.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Shihoko Ishii is a professor emeritus at the University of Tokyo and a professor at the Tokyo Woman's Christian University.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Springer Verlag, Japan
• Date d'édition: 2018
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 4431568360
• ISBN 13: 9784431568360
• Reliure: Relié
• Numéro d'édition: 2
• Nombre de pages: 246
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