Algebraic Varieties:
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Main Author: Baldassarri, Mario 1920-1964 (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Berlin, Heidelberg Springer Berlin Heidelberg 1956
Series:Ergebnisse der Mathematik und Ihrer Grenzgebiete, Unter Mitwirkung der Schriftleitung des "Zentralblatt für Mathematik" 12
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Online Access:Volltext
Item Description:Algebraic geometry has always been an eclectic science, with its roots in algebra, function-theory and topology. Apart from early researches, now about a century old, this beautiful branch of mathematics has for many years been investigated chiefly by the Italian school which, by its pioneer work, based on algebro-geometric methods, has succeeded in building up an imposing body of knowledge. Quite apart from its intrinsic interest, this possesses high heuristic value since it represents an essential step towards the modern achievements. A certain lack of rigour in the classical methods, especially with regard to the foundations, is largely justified by the creative impulse revealed in the first stages of our subject; the same phenomenon can be observed, to a greater or less extent, in the historical development of any other science, mathematical or non-mathematical. In any case, within the classical domain itself, the foundations were later explored and consolidated, principally by SEVERI, on lines which have frequently inspired further investigations in the abstract field. About twenty-five years ago B. L. VAN DER WAERDEN and, later, O. ZARISKI and A. WEIL, together with their schools, established the methods of modern abstract algebraic geometry which, rejecting the classical restriction to the complex groundfield, gave up geometrical intuition and undertook arithmetisation under the growing influence of abstract algebra
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (XII, 196 p)
ISBN:9783642527616
9783642527630
ISSN:0071-1136
DOI:10.1007/978-3-642-52761-6

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