| Affine Sets and Affine Groups Contributor(s): Northcott, D. G. (Author) |
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ISBN: 052122909X ISBN-13: 9780521229098 Publisher: Cambridge University Press OUR PRICE: $44.64 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: May 1980 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Mathematics | Geometry - General - Mathematics | Algebra - General - Mathematics | Number Theory |
| Dewey: 516.4 |
| LCCN: 79041595 |
| Series: Cambridge Monographs on the History of Medicine |
| Physical Information: 0.67" H x 6" W x 9" (0.97 lbs) 298 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher 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. |