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    Lectures on Curves on an Algebraic Surface. (AM-59), Volume 59
    Lectures on Curves on an Algebraic Surface. (AM-59), Volume 59
    Lectures on Curves on an Algebraic Surface. (AM-59), Volume 59
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    Lectures on Curves on an Algebraic Surface. (AM-59), Volume 59

    By David Mumford

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    These lectures, delivered by Professor Mumford at Harvard in 1963-1964, are devoted to a study of properties of families of algebraic curves, on a non-singular projective algebraic curve defined over an algebraically closed field of arbitrary characteristic. The methods and techniques of Grothendieck, which have so changed the character of algebraic geometry in recent years, are used systematically throughout. Thus the classical material is presented from a new viewpoint.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherPrinceton University Press
    Release dateMar 2, 2016
    ISBN9781400882069
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