Introduction to Algebraic Geometry and Commutative Algebra

By Prof. Dilip P. Patil | IISc Bangalore

Learners enrolled: 107

Algebraic geometry played a central role in 19th century math. The deepest results of Abel, Riemann, Weierstrass, and the most important works of Klein and Poincar/’e were part of this subject. In the middle of the 20th century algebraic geometry had been through a large reconstruction. The domain of application of its ideas had grown tremendously, in the direction of algebraic varieties over arbitrary fields and more general complex manifolds. Many of the best achievements of algebraic geometry could be cleared of the accusation of incomprehensibility or lack of rigour. The foundation for this reconstruction was (commutative) algebra. In the 1950s and 60s have brought substantial simplifications to the foundation of algebraic geometry, which significantly came closer to the ideal combination of logical transparency and geometric intuition. Commutative algebra is essentially the study of the rings occurring in algebraic number theory and algebraic geometry. In algebraic number theory, the rings of algebraic integers in number fields constitute an important class of commutative rings — the Dedekind domains. This has led to the notions of integral extensions and integrally closed domains. The notion of localization of a ring (in particular the localization with respect to a prime ideal leads to an important class of commutative rings — the local rings. The set of the prime ideals of a commutative ring is naturally equipped with a topology — the Zariski topology. All these notions are

widely used in algebraic geometry and are the basic technical tools for the definition of scheme theory — a generalization of algebraic geometry introduced by Grothendieck.

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Summary

Course Status :	Upcoming
Course Type :	Elective
Duration :	12 weeks
Start Date :	24 Jan 2022
End Date :	15 Apr 2022
Exam Date :	24 Apr 2022 IST
Category :	Mathematics
Credit Points :	3
Level :	Undergraduate/Postgraduate

Course layout

Week 01 : Algebraic Preliminaries 1 --- Rings and Ideals
Week 02 : Algebraic Preliminaries 2 --- Modules and Algebras

Week 03 : The K -Spectrum of a K -algebra and Affine algebraic sets

Week 04 : Noetherian and Artinian Modules

Week 05 : Hilbert's Basis Theorem and Consequences

Week 06 : Rings of Fractions

Week 07 : Modules of Fractions

Week 08 : Local Global Principle and Consequences

Week 09 : Hilbert’s Nullstellensatz and its equivalent formulations

Week 10 : Consequences of HNS

Week 11 : Zariski Topology

Week 12 : Integral Extensions

Books and references

[1] Atiyah, M. F. ; Macdonald I. G. : Introduction to Commutative Algebra, Addison-Wesley, London, 1969.

[2] Eisenbud, D. : Commutative Algebra With a View Towards Algebraic Geometry, GTM 150, Springer, New York/Berlin/Heidelberg, 1995.

[3] Patil, D. P. ; Storch, U. : Introduction to Algebraic Geometry and Commutative Algebra, IISc Lecture Notes Series, No. 1,
IISc Press/World Scientific Publications Singapore/Chennai, 2010. — Indian Edition Published by Cambridge University Press India Pvt. Ltd. 2012.

[4] Shafarevich, I. R. : Basic Algebraic Geometry 1, Springer-Verlag, Berlin Heidelberg 2013.

[5] Serre, J. -P. : Local Algebra, Springer Monographs in Mathematics, Springer, Berlin/Heidelberg, 2000.

[6] Singh, B. : Basic Commutative Algebra, World Scientific Publications Singapore, 2011.

Instructor bio

Prof. Dilip P. Patil

IISc Bangalore

Dilip P. Patil received B. Sc. and M. Sc. in Mathematics from the University of Pune in 1976 and 1978, respectively. From 1979 till 1992 he studied Mathematics at School of Mathematics, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Bombay and received Ph. D. through University of Bombay in 1989. Currently he is a Professor of Mathematics at the Departments of Mathematics, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore. At present he is a Visiting Professor at the Department of Mathematics, IIT Bombay. He has been a Visiting Professor at Ruhr-Universitt Bochum, Universitt Leipzig, Germany and several universities in Europe and Canada. His research interests are mainly in Commutative Algebra and Algebraic Geometry.

Course certificate

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Date and Time of Exams: 24 April 2022 Morning session 9am to 12 noon; Afternoon Session 2pm to 5pm.
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