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Affine Sets and Affine Groups

By D. G. Northcott

Book information

Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Year
1980
ISBN
052122909X, 9780521229098
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
10 MB (10785547 bytes)
Series
London Mathematical Society Lecture Note Series
Edition
First Edition
Pages
298\297
Orientation
yes
Scanned
yes
Time added
2014-04-24 19:44:52

Description

In these notes, first published in 1980, Professor Northcott provides a self-contained introduction to the theory of affine algebraic groups for mathematicians with a basic knowledge of communicative algebra and field theory. The book divides into two parts. The first four chapters contain all the geometry needed for the second half of the book which deals with affine groups. Alternatively the first part provides a sure introduction to the foundations of algebraic geometry. Any affine group has an associated Lie algebra. In the last two chapters, the author studies these algebras and shows how, in certain important cases, their properties can be transferred back to the groups from which they arose. These notes provide a clear and carefully written introduction to algebraic geometry and algebraic groups.

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