Lectures on Resolution of Singularities (Am-166)

Resolution of singularities is a powerful and frequently used tool in algebraic geometry. In this book, J nos Koll r provides a comprehensive treatment of the characteristic 0 case. He describes more than a dozen proofs for curves, many based on the original papers of Newton, Riemann, and Noether. Koll r goes back to the original sources and presents them in a modern context. He addresses three methods for surfaces, and gives a self-contained and entirely elementary proof of a strong and functorial resolution in all dimensions. Based on a series of lectures at Princeton University and written in an informal yet lucid style, this book is aimed at readers who are interested in both the historical roots of the modern methods and in a simple and transparent proof of this important theorem.

Author: János Kollár
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Published: 02/25/2007
Pages: 208
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.69lbs
Size: 8.69h x 5.92w x 0.57d
ISBN: 9780691129235

About the Author
János Kollár is a professor of Mathematics at Princeton University.