04836nam 22006135 450 991030966140332120200703121701.03-030-02943-310.1007/978-3-030-02943-2(CKB)4100000007522415(DE-He213)978-3-030-02943-2(MiAaPQ)EBC6311737(PPN)23379915X(EXLCZ)99410000000752241520190121d2018 u| 0engurnn#008mamaatxtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierAlgebraic Curves Towards Moduli Spaces /by Maxim E. Kazaryan, Sergei K. Lando, Victor V. Prasolov1st ed. 2018.Cham :Springer International Publishing :Imprint: Springer,2018.1 online resource (XIV, 231 p. 37 illus.)Moscow Lectures,2522-0314 ;23-030-02942-5 Includes bibliographical references and index.Introduction -- 1 Preliminaries – 2 Algebraic curves -- 3 Complex structure and the topology of curves -- 4 Curves in projective spaces -- 5 Plücker formulas -- 6 Mappings of curves -- 7 Differential 1-forms on curves -- 8 Line bundles, linear systems, and divisors -- 9 Riemann–Roch formula and its applications -- 10 Proof of the Riemann–Roch formula -- 11 Weierstrass points -- 12 Abel’s theorem -- 13 Examples of moduli spaces -- 14 Approaches to constructing moduli spaces -- 15 Moduli spaces of rational curves with marked points -- 16 Stable curves -- 17 A backward look from the viewpoint of characteristic classes -- 18 Moduli spaces of stable maps -- 19 Exam problems -- References -- Index.This book offers a concise yet thorough introduction to the notion of moduli spaces of complex algebraic curves. Over the last few decades, this notion has become central not only in algebraic geometry, but in mathematical physics, including string theory, as well. The book begins by studying individual smooth algebraic curves, including the most beautiful ones, before addressing families of curves. Studying families of algebraic curves often proves to be more efficient than studying individual curves: these families and their total spaces can still be smooth, even if there are singular curves among their members. A major discovery of the 20th century, attributed to P. Deligne and D. Mumford, was that curves with only mild singularities form smooth compact moduli spaces. An unexpected byproduct of this discovery was the realization that the analysis of more complex curve singularities is not a necessary step in understanding the geometry of the moduli spaces. The book does not use the sophisticated machinery of modern algebraic geometry, and most classical objects related to curves – such as Jacobian, space of holomorphic differentials, the Riemann-Roch theorem, and Weierstrass points – are treated at a basic level that does not require a profound command of algebraic geometry, but which is sufficient for extending them to vector bundles and other geometric objects associated to moduli spaces. Nevertheless, it offers clear information on the construction of the moduli spaces, and provides readers with tools for practical operations with this notion. Based on several lecture courses given by the authors at the Independent University of Moscow and Higher School of Economics, the book also includes a wealth of problems, making it suitable not only for individual research, but also as a textbook for undergraduate and graduate coursework.Moscow Lectures,2522-0314 ;2Algebraic geometryFunctions of complex variablesMathematical physicsAlgebraic Geometryhttps://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/M11019Functions of a Complex Variablehttps://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/M12074Mathematical Physicshttps://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/M35000Algebraic geometry.Functions of complex variables.Mathematical physics.Algebraic Geometry.Functions of a Complex Variable.Mathematical Physics.516.352516.352Kazaryan Maxim Eauthttp://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut768199Lando Sergei Kauthttp://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/autPrasolov Victor Vauthttp://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/autMiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910309661403321Algebraic Curves2163210UNINA