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Projective Varieties: An Algebraic Study

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MATH-328: Algebraic geometry I - Curves

Algebraic geometry is the common language for many branches of modern research in mathematics. This course gives an introduction to this field by studying algebraic curves and their intersection theory. ...

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This lecture covers the study of projective varieties, which are the algebraic analogues of compact manifolds. The instructor explains the concept of irreducible sets in projective varieties and their relation to compact manifolds. The lecture delves into the algebraic level, discussing equations and lines in projective spaces. The instructor demonstrates how projective varieties are easier to study compared to compact manifolds. The lecture concludes with a discussion on closure properties and symmetric aspects of projective varieties.

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Dimitri Stelio Wyss

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Geometry: Algebraic geometry

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Algebraic variety

Algebraic varieties are the central objects of study in algebraic geometry, a sub-field of mathematics. Classically, an algebraic variety is defined as the set of solutions of a system of polynomial equations over the real or complex numbers. Modern definitions generalize this concept in several different ways, while attempting to preserve the geometric intuition behind the original definition. Conventions regarding the definition of an algebraic variety differ slightly.

Projective variety

In algebraic geometry, a projective variety over an algebraically closed field k is a subset of some projective n-space over k that is the zero-locus of some finite family of homogeneous polynomials of n + 1 variables with coefficients in k, that generate a prime ideal, the defining ideal of the variety. Equivalently, an algebraic variety is projective if it can be embedded as a Zariski closed subvariety of .

Quasi-projective variety

In mathematics, a quasi-projective variety in algebraic geometry is a locally closed subset of a projective variety, i.e., the intersection inside some projective space of a Zariski-open and a Zariski-closed subset. A similar definition is used in scheme theory, where a quasi-projective scheme is a locally closed subscheme of some projective space. An affine space is a Zariski-open subset of a projective space, and since any closed affine subset can be expressed as an intersection of the projective completion and the affine space embedded in the projective space, this implies that any affine variety is quasiprojective.

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