Algebraic Geometry
Spring 2026
Updated 26/02/2026
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Syllabus
Textbook:
We will primarily follow the following two lecture notes for our course:
Algebraic Geometry
by Andreas Gathmann
Introduction to Algebraic Geometry
by Lothar Gottsche
Important Dates
Quiz 1: Friday, March 20
Quiz 2: Friday, April 3
Quiz 3: Thursday, April 17
Finals: TBD
Lectures
Lecture 0
: Review of rings and ideals, affine algebraic sets, Hilbert basis theorem
Lecture 1
: Zariski topology, radical ideals, Hilbert Nullstellensatz
Lecture 2
: Affine varieties, coordinate rings, irreducibility and prime ideals, Noetherian topological spaces
Lecture 3
: Dimension of affine varieties, field of rational functions, regular functions
Lecture 4
: Sheaf of regular functions, distinguished open sets, stalks
Lecture 5
: Regular functions on distinguished opens, polynomial maps, morphisms of affine varieties
Lecture 6
: Affine varieties and reduced finitely generated k-algebras, distinguished opens are affine
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