Methods of Algebraic Geometry: Volume 1

All three volumes of Hodge and Pedoe's classic work have now been reissued. Together, these books give an insight into algebraic geometry that is unique and unsurpassed.

W. V. D. Hodge (Author), D. Pedoe (Author)

9780521469005, Cambridge University Press

Paperback, published 10 March 1994

452 pages
22.8 x 15.1 x 2.9 cm, 0.73 kg

'Motivations are given. Examples of significant and useful varieties are numerous. All the algebra needed is given, and, what is more, these books tell how to translate geometry into algebra, and conversely.' Bulletin of the American Mathematical Society

This work provides a lucid and rigorous account of the foundations of modern algebraic geometry. The authors have confined themselves to fundamental concepts and geometrical methods, and do not give detailed developments of geometrical properties, but geometrical meaning has been emphasised throughout. This first volume is divided into two parts. The first is devoted to pure algebra; the basic notions, the theory of matrices over a non-commutative ground field and a study of algebraic equations. The second part is concerned with the definitions and basic properties of projective space in n dimensions. It concludes with a purely algebraic account of collineations and correlations. The other two volumes of Hodge and Pedoe's classic work are also available. Together, these books give an insight into algebraic geometry that is unique and unsurpassed.

Book I. Algebraic Preliminaries: 1. Rings and fields
2. Linear algebra, matrices, determinants
3. Algebraic dependence
4. Algebraic equations
Book II. Projective Space: 5. Projective space: algebraic definition
6. Projective space: synthetic definition
7. Grassmann coordinates
8. Collineations
9. Correlations.

Subject Areas: Algebraic geometry [PBMW]