Teacher: Stefano Montaldo – montaldo@unica.it – tel. 070/6758539

Suitable for: Student of the bachelor/master degree in mathematics

CFU=3

What is needed: Geometria 1, 2 and 3. Algebra 1

Content. 

For the bachelor degree the reading will be focused on Chapters 1--8 of the book:

C.G. Gibson, Elementary Geometry of Algebraic Curves: an Undergraduate Introduction. Cambridge University Press.

For the master degree the reading will be focused on Chapters 1--2 of the book:

W. Fulton, ALGEBRAIC CURVES: An Introduction to Algebraic Geometry, avaible online at https://dept.math.lsa.umich.edu/~wfulton/CurveBook.pdf

Structure of the reading: for each academic year the reading course is divided as follows:

• in the first part the teacher will give some lectures introducing the topics of the course (3 hours per academic year);
• in the second part the students will improve their knowledge of the course contents, meeting the teacher periodically for clarification (15 hours per academic year).

Final exam: The exam takes place on the blackboard through the presentation of a topic chosen by the student followed by some questions from the teacher.