Undergraduate commutative algebra

Author(s)

• Reid, Miles

Bibliographic Information

Undergraduate commutative algebra

Miles Reid

（London Mathematical Society student texts, 29）

Cambridge University Press, 1995

• : hbk
• : pbk

Note

Includes bibliographical references (p. 149) and index

"First published 1995, transferred to digital printing 2002"--T.p. verso of 2002 printing

Description and Table of Contents

Description

Commutative algebra is at the crossroads of algebra, number theory and algebraic geometry. This textbook is affordable and clearly illustrated, and is intended for advanced undergraduate or beginning graduate students with some previous experience of rings and fields. Alongside standard algebraic notions such as generators of modules and the ascending chain condition, the book develops in detail the geometric view of a commutative ring as the ring of functions on a space. The starting point is the Nullstellensatz, which provides a close link between the geometry of a variety V and the algebra of its coordinate ring A=k[V]; however, many of the geometric ideas arising from varieties apply also to fairly general rings. The final chapter relates the material of the book to more advanced topics in commutative algebra and algebraic geometry. It includes an account of some famous 'pathological' examples of Akizuki and Nagata, and a brief but thought-provoking essay on the changing position of abstract algebra in today's world.

Table of Contents

• Hello!
• 1. Basics
• 2. Modules
• 3. Noetherian rings
• 4. Finite extensions and Noether normalisation
• 5. The nullstellensatz and spec A
• 6. Rings of fractions S-1A and localisation
• 7. Primary decomposition
• 8. DVRs and normal integral domains
• 9. Goodbye!
• Bibliography.

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Details

• NCID: BA26152085
• ISBN:
  • 0521452554
  • 0521458897
• LCCN: 94027644
• Country Code: uk
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Cambridge ; New York
• Pages/Volumes: xiii, 153 p.
• Size: 23 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : QA251.3
  • DC20 : 512/.24
  • NDC8 : 411.73
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Commutative algebra
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BA00194352